Hays, KS jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Hays
- Marketing Communications CoordinatorFarm Credit
- Senior Manufacturing EngineerAgiliti Health
- Entry Level RecruiterGPAC
- Entry Level Remote RecruiterGPAC
- Entry Level Remote RecruiterGPAC
- Staff Administrative Specialist (GS-9)U.S. Army Reserve Command
- Clinical Director - $10,000 Sign on Bonus!KVC Health Systems
- Clinical Manager - $10,000 Sign on Bonus!KVC Health Systems
- Quality Engineer IAgiliti Health
- Accounting ManagerHaysMed
Employers hiring most in Hays
- GPAC4 open roles
- Agiliti Health2 open roles
- KVC Health Systems2 open roles
- Farm Credit1 open role
- HaysMed1 open role
- U.S. Army Reserve Command1 open role
Hays layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Hays in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Hays
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Hays State University | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Hays. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Kansas Local Area I Workforce Development Board
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KANSASWORKS Hays
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Ellis County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.4% the month before
16,719
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
28,870
people in Ellis County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,889
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Kansas’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.