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Ford County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ford County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 16 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Ford County economy

  • 3.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.3% the month before

  • 18,558

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 34,133

    people in Ford County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $70,495

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 27%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ford County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Ford County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Ford 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.

  1. Hilmar Cheese4 open roles
  2. GPAC3 open roles
  3. City of Dodge City2 open roles
  4. Cintas1 open role
  5. Dodge City Community College1 open role
  6. First Citizens Bank1 open role
  7. Memorial Hospital Logansport1 open role
  8. Pepsico1 open role
  9. Zenex Partners1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Kansas Local Area I Workforce Development Board

    Atchison, Barber, Barton, Brown, Chase, Cheyenne, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Franklin, Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Kearny, Kiowa, Lane, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Mitchell, Morris, Morton, Nemaha, Ness, Norton, Osage, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Seward, Shawnee, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Thomas, Trego, Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wichita

  • KANSASWORKS Dodge City

    Dodge City · Comprehensive · 620-227-2149

    Wednesday, 10-noon, and 1-3pm. Or by appointment.

Cities in Ford County

Other Kansas counties

All of Kansas

Laid off or looking for work in Ford County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.