Wyandotte County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wyandotte County’s unemployment rate is 5.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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.

All layoff notices in the state

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.

  1. Kansas City Kansas Community College13 open roles
  2. Amazon11 open roles
  3. Kiewit Infrastructure West5 open roles
  4. GPAC4 open roles
  5. Dairy Farmers of America3 open roles
  6. General Motors3 open roles
  7. PPC Flex3 open roles
  8. A&K Railroad Materials2 open roles
  9. Becton Dickinson2 open roles
  10. Buc-ee's2 open roles

Colleges in Wyandotte County

Colleges in Wyandotte County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Donnelly CollegeKansas CityPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 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.

  • 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

All of Kansas

Laid off or looking for work in Wyandotte 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.