Butler County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Butler County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Butler County economy

4.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
34,771
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
67,916
people in Butler County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$80,375
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Butler County layoffs

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

WARN notices filed in Butler County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Jan 30, 2026	Vornado Air, LLC.	Andover	—	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Butler County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

HF Sinclair2 open roles
AMAZONEN-Werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG, Werk Hude1 open role
QualSpec1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Alliance Local Workforce Development Board
Butler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner

Butler Workforce Center
El Dorado · Comprehensive · 316-321-2350
M-Th 9:00 a.m - 4 p.m.

Cities in Butler County

Andover
El Dorado4 jobs

Other Kansas counties

All of Kansas

Laid off or looking for work in Butler County?

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Kansas’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.