Emporia, KS jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Project EngineerColgate Palmolive
- Process EngineerDavron
- Assistant Maintenance ManagerJ M SMUCKER
- Engineering LeadJ M SMUCKER
Employers hiring most in Emporia
- J M SMUCKER2 open roles
- Colgate Palmolive1 open role
- Davron1 open role
Emporia layoffs
No layoff notices naming Emporia 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.
Colleges in Emporia
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Emporia State University | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Lyon 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 down 7.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.5%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−801 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Emporia. 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
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Workforce development and job centers
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Lyon County economy
4.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.7% the month before
16,544
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
32,145
people in Lyon County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,078
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
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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