After years of moderate growth, the Kansas Social Assistance sector experienced accelerated growth in employment in 2013 and 2015 growing 9.9 percent and 14.4 percent, respectively. The sector added 6,983 employees between 2012 and 2015 in Kansas.
In the past decade, the Nursing and Residential Care sector experienced moderate employment growth, increasing by 3,844 employees from 2005 to 2014. However, employment declined 0.9 percent in 2014 compared to the previous year, going from 41,032 employees in 2014 to 40,645 employees in 2015.