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Saline County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Saline County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 18 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Saline County economy

  • 3.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 28,637

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 53,801

    people in Saline County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $63,316

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Saline County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Saline 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 Saline 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. Brookdale Senior Living2 open roles
  2. Coregroupresources2 open roles
  3. Foley Equipment2 open roles
  4. GPAC2 open roles
  5. Amazon1 open role
  6. gpac1 open role
  7. Great Plains Manufacturing1 open role
  8. Green Eye Technology1 open role
  9. Huyett1 open role
  10. MOTREX1 open role

Colleges in Saline County

Colleges in Saline County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Kansas Wesleyan UniversitySalinaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Kansas Local Area I Workforce Development Board

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  • KANSASWORKS Salina

    Salina · Comprehensive · 785-827-0385

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

Cities in Saline County

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Laid off or looking for work in Saline 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.