Sedgwick County, KS jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sedgwick County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 244 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Sedgwick County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
271,861
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
524,810
people in Sedgwick County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,675
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Sedgwick 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 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.1%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,677 jobs), manufacturing (+3,032 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,676 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

Wichita workers included in Bell Textron layoffsksn.com · Oct 1, 2026

Learn and get funded in Sedgwick County

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.

Sedgwick County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick 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.

Spirit AeroSystems58 open roles
Cargill6 open roles
Shield AI6 open roles
Ascension Seton4 open roles
Davita4 open roles
Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command4 open roles
NextPlay Jobs4 open roles
Air National Guard Units3 open roles
Ametek SCP3 open roles
Gecko Hospitality3 open roles

Colleges in Sedgwick County

Colleges in Sedgwick County
College	City	Type	Students
Wichita State University	Wichita	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999
Friends University	Wichita	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Newman University	Wichita	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Kansas Health Science University	Wichita	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Conferences in Sedgwick County

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Sedgwick County. 1 with dates announced.

SRM Annual Meeting
Feb 14 to Feb 18, 2027 · Wichita, KS
Paid ticket. Registration open via SRM online form; price not read.

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Sedgwick 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

Wichita Workforce Center
Wichita · Comprehensive · 316-771-6800
M-Th 7am - 6pm, Friday 9am - 12pm

Cities in Sedgwick County

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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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