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Thomas County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Thomas County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Thomas County economy

  • 3.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.0% the month before

  • 4,537

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 7,913

    people in Thomas County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $73,575

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Thomas County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Thomas 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 Thomas 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. Dana F. Cole & Company1 open role
  2. GPAC1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Kansas Local Area I Workforce Development Board

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Cities in Thomas County

Other Kansas counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Thomas 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.