With a population of 178,941, the city said that the relocation program is typically reserved for “hard-to-fill roles” which likely require specialized skills, education or experience.
There are almost no jobs in demand there apart from healthcare, government administration, and shipping logistics. The State of Kansas is the largest employer in Topeka (10k), more than double the next-highest (Stormont Vail Health @ 4,400).
They can’t do anything to really create job demand out of thin air, especially because even if they entice companies to open an office there, they can’t get them to pay high enough to make people move there (and why would a company move there when they can just hire remote?).
It’s Kansas, so there’s no real natural appeal (and Colorado is Bluer, richer, prettier, and due-west). The only thing going for them is their very low CoL.
It is bluer, but if you take into account everywhere outside of the Denver area and across most of I-70 it’s a very purple state. Just take a drive up from Denver to Fort Collins via Greeley and you’ll see what I am talking about.
Regardless, it’s hella better than Kansas any day.
There are almost no jobs in demand there apart from healthcare, government administration, and shipping logistics. The State of Kansas is the largest employer in Topeka (10k), more than double the next-highest (Stormont Vail Health @ 4,400).
They can’t do anything to really create job demand out of thin air, especially because even if they entice companies to open an office there, they can’t get them to pay high enough to make people move there (and why would a company move there when they can just hire remote?).
It’s Kansas, so there’s no real natural appeal (and Colorado is Bluer, richer, prettier, and due-west). The only thing going for them is their very low CoL.
The whole state is a literal flat empty field.
… and we have legal weed and psychedelics.
It is bluer, but if you take into account everywhere outside of the Denver area and across most of I-70 it’s a very purple state. Just take a drive up from Denver to Fort Collins via Greeley and you’ll see what I am talking about.
Regardless, it’s hella better than Kansas any day.