In the modern businessworld, having a highly skilled workforce has become increasingly important to economic success. The Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR), with funding from the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition, recently conducted a study to estimate the skill levels of engineering occupations in ten aviation manufacturing MSAs, including Wichita.
Among these ten MSAs, Wichita is the only metropolitan area with engineers who rank in the top 5 in every skill and knowledge category selected.Wichita has the highest average ranking of the ten MSAs; Seattle and Savannah had the second and third highest average rankings, respectively. Tulsa had the lowest average ranking of the ten MSAs