Elk County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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5.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.3% the month before
948
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
2,464
people in Elk County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,087
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Elk County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Elk County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Elk County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Kansas WorkforceONE
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.