Fort Riley, KS jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Logistics Management Specialist (GS-9)U.S. Army Reserve Command
- Supervisory Human Resources Specialist (Employee Benefits) (GS-13)US Army Civilian Human Resources Agency
- Operations Assistant NF- 02 (NF-2)United States Army Installation Management Command
- Physical Security Specialist (GS-9)United States Army Installation Management Command
- Supervisory Social Worker (Substance Abuse) (GS-13)U.S. Army Medical Command
Employers hiring most in Fort Riley
- United States Army Installation Management Command2 open roles
- U.S. Army Medical Command1 open role
- U.S. Army Reserve Command1 open role
- US Army Civilian Human Resources Agency1 open role
Fort Riley layoffs
No layoff notices naming Fort Riley 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.
Riley 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 7.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+418 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in Kansas? How to file for unemployment in Kansas (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Kansas Local Area I Workforce Development Board
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Riley County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
36,434
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
71,710
people in Riley County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,560
median household income
Source: Census ACS
45%
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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