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Riley County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Riley County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 97 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Riley County economy

  • 4.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 34,923

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 71,710

    people in Riley County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $59,560

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 45%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Riley County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Riley 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 Riley 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. Kansas State University23 open roles
  2. Axyde Analytics2 open roles
  3. Boden Talent2 open roles
  4. Confidential2 open roles
  5. GPAC2 open roles
  6. Merrick Medical Center2 open roles
  7. Robert Half2 open roles
  8. United States Army Installation Management Command2 open roles
  9. We Are Legal Revolution2 open roles
  10. 24 Seven Talent1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Riley County

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Riley County

Colleges in Riley County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Kansas State UniversityManhattanPublic 4-year20,000+
Manhattan Christian CollegeManhattanPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Riley 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

  • Manhattan Workforce Center

    Manhattan · Comprehensive · 785-539-5691

    8:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m.

Cities in Riley County

Other Kansas counties

All of Kansas

Laid off or looking for work in Riley 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.