Iola, KS jobs, layoffs and employers

3 open professional jobs in Iola. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Iola is in Allen County.

Jobs in Iola

HR GeneralistRussell Stover Chocolates
HR GeneralistRussell Stover
HR GeneralistRussell Stover Chocolates

Employers hiring most in Iola

Russell Stover Chocolates2 open roles
Russell Stover1 open role

Iola layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
0
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Iola, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Mar 27, 2026	Ashley Clinic/Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center	Iola	—	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Iola. 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

Allen County economy

5.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.5% the month before
5,835
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
12,491
people in Allen County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,618
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
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.