Shawnee, KS jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Shawnee

• Commercial Sales ManagerAutozone
• Assistant General ManagerGecko Hospitality
• Project Engineer - Water/WastewaterGarney Construction
• Assistant Branch ManagerMariner Finance
• Sr. Electrical Project ManagerAdvastar
• Wellness DirectorBrookdale Senior Living
• Operations SpecialistZane State College
• MANAGER IN TRAININGAutozone
• Assistant General ManagerMers Missouri Goodwill Industries
• Senior Maintenance SpecialistJohnson County Government

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Employers hiring most in Shawnee

1. Amazon3 open roles
2. Autozone2 open roles
3. Advastar1 open role
4. Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
5. Garney Construction1 open role
6. Gecko Hospitality1 open role
7. Johnson County Government1 open role
8. Mariner Finance1 open role
9. Mers Missouri Goodwill Industries1 open role
10. Zane State College1 open role

Shawnee layoffs

No layoff notices naming Shawnee 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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Johnson 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 3.3% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 4.2% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,035 jobs), manufacturing (+2,837 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−4,837 jobs), finance & insurance (−519 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Children’s Mercy WARN Act Investigationstraussborrelli.com · Nov 6, 2026
• Children's Mercy Layoffs Spark Concern For Kansas City ParentsTony's Kansas City · Nov 2, 2026
• Chiefs receiver injury fallout: Tyquan Thornton faces 12–16 week layoff; Kelce hails 'such a good guy'The Times of India on MSN · Oct 8, 2026
• Kansas City Star layoffs left the region with even less government accountability. It may get worseKCUR · Sep 29, 2026

Learn and get funded in Shawnee

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• 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 Shawnee. 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 Partnership Workforce Development Board

  Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte

Johnson County economy

• 3.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.4% the month before

• 359,827

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 614,764

  people in Johnson County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $107,261

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 56%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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