Source: http://www.kansasbio.org/info/roadmapmaster.pdf

• Kansas Bioscience Initiative

  Kansas Bioscience Authority

  Estimates compiled from Kansas Department of Labor data indicate that there are approximately 70,000 employees in 1,200 companies and universities engaged in the business of bioscience in Kansas.
  
  
• 55,000 employees and 650 companies are involved in the provision of health care and other bioscience-related services in hospitals and veterinary clinics, and approximately 5,000 university employees work in departments related to the biosciences. In non-service private sector organizations, there are approximately 10,000 employees working for 550 companies in the biosciences.
  
  
• Excluding bioscience services and university activities, the largest bioscience-related sub sector in Kansas is the agricultural feedstock and chemicals sector, which accounts for about 38 percent of Kansas bioscience businesses and 43 percent of Kansas bioscience employment. Next is the medical devices and equipment sector, accounting for about 32 percent of businesses and 28 percent of employment. The pharmaceutical sector accounts for about 12 percent of businesses and 24 percent of employment. Companies involved primarily in research and testing represent 19 percent of total bioscience businesses, but only six percent of total bioscience employment.
  
  
• According to estimates by the Association of University Technology Managers and Ernst & Young, over the next 10 years, Kansas could see the creation of more than 100 new bioscience companies and more than 23,000 new bioscience jobs.
  
  
• The average annual wage across the sub sectors of the Kansas bioscience industry was $41,760 in 2002, only two-thirds (66.5 percent) the national average of $62,845, but significantly higher than the overall average annual wage in Kansas, which was $30,825 in 2002. Although the cost of living in most parts of Kansas is lower than the national average, the difference in cost of living is estimated at being no more than 5 to 10 percent, which does not fully compensate for the difference in wages. However, there is evidence that wages in Kansas’ overall economy are rising faster than the national average.
  
  
• Kansas is one of the few states to house strengths across numerous bioscience areas (human, animal, plant, industrial/environmental).
  
  
• Kansas’ statewide bioscience strengths represent a number of niches within biomedical research, drug development and manufacturing, biological materials, medical supplies and equipment, animal health, plant biotechnology, biomaterials and homeland security.
  
  
• The Kansas City metropolitan area’s commitment to the biosciences has brought national attention to Kansas. Close proximity to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City, Mo., is a strong attractor for world-class scholars interested in conducting research at Kansas universities. The Institute is currently building its Phase II campus of one million square feet that will employ more than 900 people in the Kansas City region.
  
  
• According to a recent Kansas City Regional Life Sciences Industry Census, the life sciences corridor running between Manhattan, Kan., and Columbia, Mo., has experienced significant growth in the life sciences industry and will continue this growth in the foreseeable future.