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Independence, KS jobs, layoffs and employers

2 open professional jobs in Independence. Independence is in Montgomery County.

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Employers hiring most in Independence

  1. O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
  2. The Neeljym Search Group1 open role

Independence layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Independence in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Independence. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Kansas WorkforceONE

    Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Linn, Lyon, Miami, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson

  • KANSASWORKS Southeast - Independence

    Independence · Affiliate · 620-332-5904

    M - F 8am - 5pm

Montgomery County economy

  • 5.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.8% the month before

  • 13,600

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 31,143

    people in Montgomery County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $53,242

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 30%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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.