Sterling, KS jobs, layoffs and employers

Sterling is in Hodgeman County.

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Sterling layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Sterling 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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Colleges in Sterling

Colleges in Sterling
CollegeTypeStudents
Sterling CollegePrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Kansas Local Area I Workforce Development Board

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Hodgeman County economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 1,005

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,676

    people in Hodgeman County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $63,125

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 45%

    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.