Cowley County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meCowley County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.0% the month before
14,937
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
34,487
people in Cowley County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,263
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Cowley 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 4.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 0.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.1%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−334 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Cowley County. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Boeing to cut 5% of workforce in commercial airplane division through layoffs, attritionThe Business Journals · Nov 9, 2026
- Wichita workers included in Bell Textron layoffsksn.com · Oct 1, 2026
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- 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.
Cowley County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Cowley County 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.
Employers hiring most in Cowley County
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- General Electric2 open roles
- Genworth1 open role
- Thrivent Financial1 open role
Colleges in Cowley County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwestern College | Winfield | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Cowley County. 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
Cowley Workforce Center
Arkansas City · Affiliate · 620-441-5313
Only Open on Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am-4:30pm By appointment book at www.workforce-ks.com
Cities in Cowley County
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Kansas’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Kansas unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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