Industry in Overland Park, Kansas

The largest employer in the Overland Park area is Sprint Nextel Corporation. It employs about 14,500 people, and its campus occupies 240 acres in the city. The city is also the headquarters for YRC Worldwide, the newly formed Embarq, the restaurant chain Applebee's, and the employee-owned Black & Veatch Corporation.

The Shawnee Mission School District, Blue Valley School District and Olathe School District are also major employers, and employ several thousand people in the city.

The Oak Park Mall is the area's top earner.

The median income for a household in the city is $62,116, and the median income for a family is $77,176.