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Sedgwick County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sedgwick County’s unemployment rate is 4.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 258 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Sedgwick County economy

  • 4.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.4% the month before

  • 274,578

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 524,810

    people in Sedgwick County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $67,675

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Sedgwick County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick 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. Spirit AeroSystems47 open roles
  2. Boeing7 open roles
  3. NextPlay Jobs6 open roles
  4. Professional Engineering Consultants (PEC)6 open roles
  5. Air Mobility Command4 open roles
  6. Ascension Calumet Hospital4 open roles
  7. Legends / ASM Global4 open roles
  8. Orion Placement4 open roles
  9. Ametek SCP3 open roles
  10. Ascension3 open roles

Colleges in Sedgwick County

Colleges in Sedgwick County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Wichita State UniversityWichitaPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Friends UniversityWichitaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Newman UniversityWichitaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Kansas Health Science UniversityWichitaPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Conferences in Sedgwick County

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Sedgwick County. 1 with dates announced.

  • SRM Annual Meeting

    Feb 14 to Feb 18, 2027 · Wichita, KS

    Paid ticket. Registration open via SRM online form; price not read.

All conferences

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Wichita Workforce Center

    Wichita · Comprehensive · 316-771-6800

    M-Th 7am - 6pm, Friday 9am - 12pm

Cities in Sedgwick County

Other Kansas counties

All of Kansas

Laid off or looking for work in Sedgwick 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.