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Kansas Department of Commerce reports 269 projects, about 5,300 jobs and $3.5 billion in private commitments in 2024
Summary
Deputy Secretary Joshua Jefferson told the House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development that the department documented 269 successful projects in 2024, created or retained about 5,306 jobs and attracted roughly $3.5 billion in committed private capital, and reviewed the state’s major incentive and workforce programs.
Chairs and members of the committee, Joshua Jefferson, deputy secretary of business development for the Kansas Department of Commerce, presented the agency’s year‑end business‑development review to the Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development. Jefferson said, “In 2024, we've had 269 successful projects ... created and retained just over 5,000 jobs of 5,306.” The department reported roughly $3.5 billion in committed private capital from those projects.
The presentation summarized activity across the department’s major incentive and workforce programs and highlighted both rural and urban project examples. Jefferson described PEAK (Promoting Employment Across Kansas), reporting 34 new PEAK agreements in 2024 and more than 200 active agreements the agency now manages. He said the average wage of jobs from the department’s reported projects exceeds the state median by about 15 percent.
Jefferson reviewed HPIP (High Performance Incentive…
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