Geary County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Geary County economy
6.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.4% the month before
12,411
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
35,895
people in Geary County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,344
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Geary County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Geary 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 Geary County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Kansas Local Area I Workforce Development Board
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Junction City Workforce Center
Junction City · Comprehensive · 785-762-8870
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
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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.