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Shawnee County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Shawnee County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 117 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Shawnee County economy

  • 4.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 92,405

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 178,315

    people in Shawnee County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $66,043

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Shawnee County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Shawnee 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 Shawnee 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. Stormont Vail14 open roles
  2. Colgate Palmolive11 open roles
  3. Army National Guard Units4 open roles
  4. Boys & Girls Clubs Of America4 open roles
  5. GPAC4 open roles
  6. Ardent Health3 open roles
  7. Humana3 open roles
  8. Nexstar Media Group3 open roles
  9. Aprio Advisory Group2 open roles
  10. Behavioral Health Solutions2 open roles

Colleges in Shawnee County

Colleges in Shawnee County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Washburn UniversityTopekaPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Shawnee 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

  • KANSASWORKS Topeka Workforce Center

    Topeka · Comprehensive · 785-235-5627

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

Cities in Shawnee County

Other Kansas counties

All of Kansas

Laid off or looking for work in Shawnee 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.