Derby, KS jobs, layoffs and employers

4 open professional jobs in Derby. Derby is in Sedgwick County.

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Jobs in Derby

Registered Nurse Clinical Lead SpecialistAscension Seton
Client Service AssociateMOHR Talent
Facility AdministratorDavita
Administrative Assistant (PCT)Davita

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Employers hiring most in Derby

Davita2 open roles
Ascension Seton1 open role
MOHR Talent1 open role

Derby layoffs

No layoff notices naming Derby 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.

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Sedgwick 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 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.1%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,677 jobs), manufacturing (+3,032 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,676 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Derby. Each link goes to the publisher.

Wichita workers included in Bell Textron layoffsksn.com · Oct 1, 2026

Learn and get funded in Derby

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 Derby. 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).

Workforce Alliance Local Workforce Development Board
Butler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner

Sedgwick County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
271,861
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
524,810
people in Sedgwick County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,675
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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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