Wilson County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wilson County’s unemployment rate is 5.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Wilson County economy

5.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.1% the month before
3,415
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
8,559
people in Wilson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,056
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wilson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wilson 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

Workforce development and job centers

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

Kansas WorkforceONE
Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Linn, Lyon, Miami, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson

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Laid off or looking for work in Wilson County?

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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.