Columbus, KS jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Head of People & Total Rewards, RemoteBazeta
- Head of HRBazeta
- Construction Project ManagerCrossland Construction
- Lead Data Scientist, Insurance Marketplace & GrowthLaunch Potato
Employers hiring most in Columbus
- Bazeta2 open roles
- Crossland Construction1 open role
- Launch Potato1 open role
Columbus layoffs
No layoff notices naming Columbus in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Cherokee County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 9.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Columbus. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Significant road pavement work on I-35 to begin in Emporia MondayKVOE · Nov 5, 2026
- Investing in Emporia's future, not closing doorsEmporia Gazette · Oct 30, 2026
- Equipment removal at Broadview Towers to close part of Merchant StreetEmporia Gazette · Oct 28, 2026
- Leaders discuss path forward after recent layoffs in Emporiaksn.com · Oct 8, 2026
- Emporia city manager calls Tyson layoffs a major 'setback'Fox2Now · Oct 4, 2026
Learn and get funded in Columbus
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Columbus. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Kansas? How to file for unemployment in Kansas (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
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Cherokee County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
9,283
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
19,236
people in Cherokee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,274
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Kansas’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Kansas unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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