Editing Salina, Kansas (section)

==Economy==
[[File:2007-02-03 Salina Grain Elevators.jpg|thumb|right|Downtown Salina grain elevators]]
Salina hosted the first garment factory for [[Lee Jeans]], which opened in 1889.<ref name=LeeHistory/>

[[Manufacturing]], education, health, and social services are the predominant industries in Salina.<ref name="It Can Happen Here"/> Agricultural transportation is also a major industry.<ref name="It Can Happen Here">{{cite web|last=Saline County Emergency Management |title=It Can Happen Here |work=A Study of the Hazards affecting Saline County, Kansas and their effects on the Community |publisher=Saline county Emergency Management |date=February 2009 |url=http://www.saline.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Z8P7udAKSbk%3d&tabid=4349&mid=7044 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302034227/http://www.saline.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Z8P7udAKSbk%3D&tabid=4349&mid=7044 |archive-date=March 2, 2012 |access-date=February 11, 2014 }}</ref> Major employers include these: [[Tony's Pizza]], a [[Schwan Food Company]] brand, has operations in Salina to produce frozen pizzas and food for school cafeterias and other institutions;<ref name="Tony's"/> [[Philips|Philips Lighting]], a manufacturer of lighting;<ref name="Phillips"/> [[Exide|Exide Battery]], a storage battery manufacturer;<ref name="Exide"/> Great Plains Manufacturing, a farm equipment manufacturer;<ref name="Great Plains Manufacturing"/> [[ElDorado (bus manufacturer)|ElDorado National]], a commercial bus manufacturer;<ref name="ElDorado"/> and [[Asurion]], an insurance provider.

{{As of|2010}}, 71.0% of the population over the age of 16 was in the labor force. 0.4% was in the armed forces, and 70.6% was in the civilian labor force with 66.9% being employed and 3.7% unemployed. The composition, by occupation, of the employed civilian labor force was:  27.2% in management, business, science, and arts; 25.4% in sales and office occupations; 19.4% in service occupations; 9.9% in natural resources, construction, and maintenance; 18.2% in production, transportation, and material moving. The three industries employing the largest percentages of the working civilian labor force were:  educational services, health care, and social assistance (21.2%); manufacturing (17.8%); and retail trade (13.1%).<ref name=Census2010/>

The cost of living in Salina is relatively low; compared to a U.S. average of 100, the cost of living index is 80.9.<ref name=CityData>{{cite web|title=Salina, Kansas| publisher=City-Data.com|url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Salina-Kansas.html|access-date=December 20, 2011}}</ref> {{As of|2010}}, the median home value was $109,700, the median selected monthly owner cost was $1,070 for housing units with a mortgage and $396 for those without, and the median gross rent was $599.<ref name=Census2010/>

===Top employers===
As of Salina's 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of City of Salina, Kansas for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2019 |url=https://admin.ks.gov/browse/files/7797532ca8759bcf132506b057b13b6c/download |website=Department of Administration; State of Kansas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221044152/https://admin.ks.gov/browse/files/7797532ca8759bcf132506b057b13b6c/download |archive-date=December 21, 2023 |date=2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> these were the employers with the most employees in 2019:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
| Salina Regional Health Center
| 1,875
|-
| 2
| [[Schwan's Company|Schwan's Global Supply Chain]]
| 1,700
|-
| 3
| [[Salina USD 305|Salina United School District (USD) 305]]
| 1,500
|-
| 4
| [[Great Plains Manufacturing]]
| 1,100
|-
| 5
| [[Exide|Exide Technologies]]
| 600
|-
| 6
| City of Salina
| 425
|-
| 7
| Salina Vortex
| 375
|-
| 8
| [[REV Group]]
| 300
|-
| 9
| [[Walmart]]
| 250
|-
| 10
| [[Signify N.V.|Signify]]
| 190
|}