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Nemaha County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Nemaha County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Nemaha County economy

  • 3.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.1% the month before

  • 5,614

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 10,213

    people in Nemaha County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $77,375

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 42%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Nemaha County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Nemaha 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 Nemaha 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. Community National Bank1 open role
  2. Jconnect Infotech1 open role
  3. NorthWind Technical Services1 open role
  4. U.s. Department of Agriculture1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Nemaha 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

Other Kansas counties

All of Kansas

Laid off or looking for work in Nemaha 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.