WSU study says county's nonessential businesses account for 117K jobs, $6.6 billion in wages

More than 62 percent of payroll and 53 percent of jobs in Sedgwick County fall into the nonessential businesses category identified in a public-health order, according to a report from Wichita State University's Center for Economic Development and Business Research. Those businesses are closed through April 23, the end of a 30-day order because of COVID-19 coronavirus precautions. CEDBR director Jeremy Hill says those 7,430 businesses account for 117,844 jobs and $6.6 billion in annual wages,…