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Montgomery County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Montgomery County’s unemployment rate is 5.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Montgomery County economy

  • 5.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.8% the month before

  • 13,600

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 31,143

    people in Montgomery County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $53,242

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 30%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Montgomery County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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. BurnsSearch1 open role
  2. CVR Energy1 open role
  3. Deere John Capital1 open role
  4. GPAC1 open role
  5. O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
  6. Sunny Health and Fitness1 open role
  7. The Neeljym Search Group1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Kansas WorkforceONE

    Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Linn, Lyon, Miami, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson

  • KANSASWORKS Southeast - Independence

    Independence · Affiliate · 620-332-5904

    M - F 8am - 5pm

Cities in Montgomery County

Other Kansas counties

All of Kansas

Laid off or looking for work in Montgomery 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.