Paola, KS jobs, layoffs and employers

3 open professional jobs in Paola. Paola is in Miami County.

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Jobs in Paola

Facilities Project ManagerLakemary Center
Compliance ManagerLakemary Center
Director of Estimating (Structural Steel)Davron

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Employers hiring most in Paola

Lakemary Center2 open roles
Davron1 open role

Paola layoffs

No layoff notices naming Paola 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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Miami County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 10.9% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 5.9% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.3 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Paola. 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

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Paola. 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).

Kansas WorkforceONE
Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Linn, Lyon, Miami, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, Woodson

Miami County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
18,852
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
34,625
people in Miami County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$88,000
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
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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