Kansas City, KS jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Kansas City

• Vice President Orthopedics Services & Sports MedicineThe University of Kansas Health System
• Director, ProcurementRussell Stover
• Account Executive (Kansas City)Surya Carpet
• REVIT Designer - Electrical SystemsWeeks Marine
• REVIT Electrical DesignerWeeks Marine
• REVIT Electrical Designer -Data Centers/IndustrialWeeks Marine
• Outside Sales RepresentativeAmeriPro Roofing
• Territory Manager - MidwestDanaher
• District Sales Manager - Bone Health - Kansas City, KSAmgen
• Lead Mechanical EngineerKiewit Infrastructure South

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Employers hiring most in Kansas City

1. Dairy Farmers of America14 open roles
2. Amazon11 open roles
3. Kansas City Kansas Community College8 open roles
4. General Motors3 open roles
5. PPC Flex3 open roles
6. Prime Healthcare3 open roles
7. Weeks Marine3 open roles
8. A&K Railroad Materials2 open roles
9. Associated Wholesale Grocers2 open roles
10. Becton Dickinson2 open roles

Kansas City layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Kansas City 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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Where Kansas City ranks

• #20 Best cities for junior jobs in the Midwest 38%

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Wyandotte County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 3.7% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.5%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,320 jobs), construction (+1,425 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−811 jobs), admin & staffing (−538 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Kansas City. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Chiefs receiver injury fallout: Tyquan Thornton faces 12–16 week layoff; Kelce hails 'such a good guy'The Times of India on MSN · Oct 8, 2026
• Kansas City Star layoffs left the region with even less government accountability. It may get worseKCUR · Sep 29, 2026

Learn and get funded in Kansas City

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in Kansas? How to file for unemployment in Kansas (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

• Workforce Partnership Workforce Development Board

  Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte

Wyandotte County economy

• 5.1%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  5.1% the month before

• 84,329

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 167,277

  people in Wyandotte County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $60,582

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 28%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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