Rice County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Rice County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
4,666
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
9,389
people in Rice County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,947
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Rice County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Rice County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Rice County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling College | Sterling | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Rice County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Kansas Local Area I Workforce Development Board
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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.