Montgomery County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Montgomery County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Montgomery County economy

4.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
13,635
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
31,143
people in Montgomery County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,242
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Montgomery County outlook: Cooling

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

Private-sector jobs up 0.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 3.9% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.4%, up 0.3 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Montgomery County. 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

Learn and get funded in Montgomery County

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Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Montgomery County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Montgomery 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.

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Employers hiring most in Montgomery 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.

BurnsSearch1 open role
CVR Energy1 open role
Deere1 open role
ElSewedy1 open role
O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
Sunny Health and Fitness1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

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

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Sources: 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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