Leavenworth County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Leavenworth County’s unemployment rate is 4.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Leavenworth County economy

4.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.4% the month before
38,238
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
82,493
people in Leavenworth County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$86,906
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Leavenworth County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Leavenworth 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 Leavenworth 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.

Immediate Office of the Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration2 open roles
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System1 open role
CoreCivic1 open role
GPAC1 open role
OMNI Human Resource Management1 open role
Veterans Health Administration1 open role

Colleges in Leavenworth County

Colleges in Leavenworth County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Saint Mary	Leavenworth	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Partnership Workforce Development Board
Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte

Leavenworth County Workforce Center
Leavenworth · Affiliate · 913-600-7015
Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri, 8am - 5pm and Thurs 9am - 5pm

Cities in Leavenworth County

Leavenworth7 jobs

Other Kansas counties

All of Kansas

Laid off or looking for work in Leavenworth 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.