Wyandotte County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Wyandotte County economy
5.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.1% the month before
84,329
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
167,277
people in Wyandotte County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$60,582
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Wyandotte County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Wyandotte County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Wyandotte 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.
- Kansas City Kansas Community College13 open roles
- Amazon11 open roles
- Kiewit Infrastructure West5 open roles
- GPAC4 open roles
- Dairy Farmers of America3 open roles
- General Motors3 open roles
- PPC Flex3 open roles
- A&K Railroad Materials2 open roles
- Becton Dickinson2 open roles
- Buc-ee's2 open roles
Colleges in Wyandotte County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donnelly College | Kansas City | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wyandotte County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Workforce Partnership Workforce Development Board
Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte
Wyandotte County Workforce Partnership
Kansas City · Comprehensive · 913-279-2600
M, Wed, Th, F 8am - 5pm: Tues 9am - 5pm
Cities in Wyandotte County
Other Kansas counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.