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Counties in Kansas by covered employment (QCEW)

Johnson County had the highest covered employment (QCEW) of 105 counties in 2024, at 370,992 jobs. Wallace County had the lowest, at 535 jobs. The median was 2,485 jobs and the figure for Kansas was 1,429,358 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest370,992Johnson County
Lowest535Wallace County
Median2,485105 counties
Kansas1,429,358History

Map of counties, 2024

Allen County: 5,640 jobsAnderson County: 2,422 jobsAtchison County: 5,566 jobsBarber County: 1,568 jobsBarton County: 11,522 jobsBourbon County: 5,529 jobsBrown County: 4,493 jobsButler County: 19,881 jobsChase County: 777 jobsChautauqua County: 754 jobsCherokee County: 5,829 jobsCheyenne County: 872 jobsClark County: 843 jobsClay County: 2,926 jobsCloud County: 3,206 jobsCoffey County: 3,367 jobsComanche County: 622 jobsCowley County: 13,041 jobsCrawford County: 17,354 jobsDecatur County: 877 jobsDickinson County: 6,412 jobsDoniphan County: 2,764 jobsDouglas County: 50,969 jobsEdwards County: 924 jobsElk County: 619 jobsEllis County: 15,487 jobsEllsworth County: 2,179 jobsFinney County: 20,496 jobsFord County: 18,147 jobsFranklin County: 10,085 jobsGeary County: 12,559 jobsGove County: 1,150 jobsGraham County: 876 jobsGrant County: 2,465 jobsGray County: 3,046 jobsGreeley County: 617 jobsGreenwood County: 1,570 jobsHamilton County: 1,507 jobsHarper County: 2,422 jobsHarvey County: 14,133 jobsHaskell County: 1,770 jobsHodgeman County: 616 jobsJackson County: 4,378 jobsJefferson County: 3,862 jobsJewell County: 724 jobsJohnson County: 370,992 jobsKearny County: 1,561 jobsKingman County: 2,765 jobsKiowa County: 1,105 jobsLabette County: 8,525 jobsLane County: 605 jobsLeavenworth County: 21,951 jobsLincoln County: 909 jobsLinn County: 2,090 jobsLogan County: 1,249 jobsLyon County: 15,357 jobsMcPherson County: 16,413 jobsMarion County: 3,615 jobsMarshall County: 4,422 jobsMeade County: 1,544 jobsMiami County: 9,085 jobsMitchell County: 3,146 jobsMontgomery County: 14,716 jobsMorris County: 1,574 jobsMorton County: 795 jobsNemaha County: 5,748 jobsNeosho County: 6,502 jobsNess County: 1,085 jobsNorton County: 2,281 jobsOsage County: 2,941 jobsOsborne County: 1,251 jobsOttawa County: 1,291 jobsPawnee County: 2,553 jobsPhillips County: 2,199 jobsPottawatomie County: 10,028 jobsPratt County: 4,559 jobsRawlins County: 1,008 jobsReno County: 26,658 jobsRepublic County: 1,950 jobsRice County: 3,769 jobsRiley County: 30,349 jobsRooks County: 1,746 jobsRush County: 1,073 jobsRussell County: 2,485 jobsSaline County: 30,244 jobsScott County: 2,142 jobsSedgwick County: 264,782 jobsSeward County: 11,072 jobsShawnee County: 99,247 jobsSheridan County: 995 jobsSherman County: 2,404 jobsSmith County: 1,363 jobsStafford County: 1,198 jobsStanton County: 896 jobsStevens County: 2,117 jobsSumner County: 6,248 jobsThomas County: 4,104 jobsTrego County: 1,104 jobsWabaunsee County: 1,389 jobsWallace County: 535 jobsWashington County: 2,051 jobsWichita County: 752 jobsWilson County: 3,149 jobsWoodson County: 690 jobsWyandotte County: 94,304 jobs
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jobs, 2024. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2024

Johnson County: 370,992 jobsJohnson County370,992Sedgwick County: 264,782 jobsSedgwick County264,782Shawnee County: 99,247 jobsShawnee County99,247Wyandotte County: 94,304 jobsWyandotte County94,304Douglas County: 50,969 jobsDouglas County50,969Riley County: 30,349 jobsRiley County30,349Saline County: 30,244 jobsSaline County30,244Reno County: 26,658 jobsReno County26,658Leavenworth County: 21,951 jobsLeavenworth County21,951Finney County: 20,496 jobsFinney County20,496Butler County: 19,881 jobsButler County19,881Ford County: 18,147 jobsFord County18,147Crawford County: 17,354 jobsCrawford County17,354McPherson County: 16,413 jobsMcPherson County16,413Ellis County: 15,487 jobsEllis County15,487Lyon County: 15,357 jobsLyon County15,357Montgomery County: 14,716 jobsMontgomery County14,716Harvey County: 14,133 jobsHarvey County14,133Cowley County: 13,041 jobsCowley County13,041Geary County: 12,559 jobsGeary County12,559Barton County: 11,522 jobsBarton County11,522Seward County: 11,072 jobsSeward County11,072Franklin County: 10,085 jobsFranklin County10,085Pottawatomie County: 10,028 jobsPottawatomie County10,028Miami County: 9,085 jobsMiami County9,085Labette County: 8,525 jobsLabette County8,525Neosho County: 6,502 jobsNeosho County6,502Dickinson County: 6,412 jobsDickinson County6,412Sumner County: 6,248 jobsSumner County6,248Cherokee County: 5,829 jobsCherokee County5,829Nemaha County: 5,748 jobsNemaha County5,748Allen County: 5,640 jobsAllen County5,640Atchison County: 5,566 jobsAtchison County5,566Bourbon County: 5,529 jobsBourbon County5,529Pratt County: 4,559 jobsPratt County4,559Brown County: 4,493 jobsBrown County4,493Marshall County: 4,422 jobsMarshall County4,422Jackson County: 4,378 jobsJackson County4,378Thomas County: 4,104 jobsThomas County4,104Jefferson County: 3,862 jobsJefferson County3,862Johnson County: 370,992 jobsJohnson County370,992Sedgwick County: 264,782 jobsSedgwick County264,782Shawnee County: 99,247 jobsShawnee County99,247Wyandotte County: 94,304 jobsWyandotte County94,304Douglas County: 50,969 jobsDouglas County50,969Riley County: 30,349 jobsRiley County30,349Saline County: 30,244 jobsSaline County30,244Reno County: 26,658 jobsReno County26,658Leavenworth County: 21,951 jobsLeavenworth County21,951Finney County: 20,496 jobsFinney County20,496Butler County: 19,881 jobsButler County19,881Ford County: 18,147 jobsFord County18,147Crawford County: 17,354 jobsCrawford County17,354McPherson County: 16,413 jobsMcPherson County16,413Ellis County: 15,487 jobsEllis County15,487Lyon County: 15,357 jobsLyon County15,357Montgomery County: 14,716 jobsMontgomery County14,716Harvey County: 14,133 jobsHarvey County14,133Cowley County: 13,041 jobsCowley County13,041Geary County: 12,559 jobsGeary County12,559Barton County: 11,522 jobsBarton County11,522Seward County: 11,072 jobsSeward County11,072Franklin County: 10,085 jobsFranklin County10,085Pottawatomie County: 10,028 jobsPottawatomie County10,028Miami County: 9,085 jobsMiami County9,085Labette County: 8,525 jobsLabette County8,525Neosho County: 6,502 jobsNeosho County6,502Dickinson County: 6,412 jobsDickinson County6,412Sumner County: 6,248 jobsSumner County6,248Cherokee County: 5,829 jobsCherokee County5,829Nemaha County: 5,748 jobsNemaha County5,748Allen County: 5,640 jobsAllen County5,640Atchison County: 5,566 jobsAtchison County5,566Bourbon County: 5,529 jobsBourbon County5,529Pratt County: 4,559 jobsPratt County4,559Brown County: 4,493 jobsBrown County4,493Marshall County: 4,422 jobsMarshall County4,422Jackson County: 4,378 jobsJackson County4,378Thomas County: 4,104 jobsThomas County4,104Jefferson County: 3,862 jobsJefferson County3,862
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2024
jobs		Change on 2023
1Johnson County370,992+0.3%
2Sedgwick County264,782+1.3%
3Shawnee County99,247-0.8%
4Wyandotte County94,304+2.9%
5Douglas County50,969+1.2%
6Riley County30,349+0.5%
7Saline County30,244-0.1%
8Reno County26,658+1.4%
9Leavenworth County21,951+0.4%
10Finney County20,496+2.5%
11Butler County19,881-0.7%
12Ford County18,147+2.1%
13Crawford County17,354-1.8%
14McPherson County16,413+1.4%
15Ellis County15,487-1.2%
16Lyon County15,357-1.3%
17Montgomery County14,716-0.5%
18Harvey County14,133-1.4%
19Cowley County13,041-3.5%
20Geary County12,559+0.8%
21Barton County11,522+0.2%
22Seward County11,072+1%
23Franklin County10,085-1.9%
24Pottawatomie County10,028+2.7%
25Miami County9,085+4.1%
26Labette County8,525+0.9%
27Neosho County6,502-1%
28Dickinson County6,412+6.4%
29Sumner County6,248-1.1%
30Cherokee County5,829-0.1%
31Nemaha County5,748-0.2%
32Allen County5,640+2%
33Atchison County5,566+1.2%
34Bourbon County5,529-2%
35Pratt County4,559-0.3%
36Brown County4,493+2%
37Marshall County4,422-2.3%
38Jackson County4,378+1.9%
39Thomas County4,104-0.7%
40Jefferson County3,862+1.5%
41Rice County3,769-0.6%
42Marion County3,615+0.4%
43Coffey County3,367-1.7%
44Cloud County3,206+1.9%
45Wilson County3,149-6.9%
46Mitchell County3,146+0.1%
47Gray County3,046+1.6%
48Osage County2,941-23.1%
49Clay County2,926-0.7%
50Kingman County2,765-0%
51Doniphan County2,764+7.6%
52Pawnee County2,553+1.5%
53Russell County2,485+0.3%
54Grant County2,465-2%
55Anderson County2,422+3.2%
55Harper County2,422+0.4%
57Sherman County2,404+1.4%
58Norton County2,281+0.4%
59Phillips County2,199+0.4%
60Ellsworth County2,179-0.6%
61Scott County2,142+0.2%
62Stevens County2,117+4.1%
63Linn County2,090-2.7%
64Washington County2,051-1.6%
65Republic County1,950+0.8%
66Haskell County1,770+9.2%
67Rooks County1,746+3.9%
68Morris County1,574+2%
69Greenwood County1,570+4%
70Barber County1,5680%
71Kearny County1,561+3.1%
72Meade County1,544+3.1%
73Hamilton County1,507-4.6%
74Wabaunsee County1,3890%
75Smith County1,363-1.6%
76Ottawa County1,291+0.8%
77Osborne County1,251-1.3%
78Logan County1,249-1.2%
79Stafford County1,198+1.1%
80Gove County1,150-0.9%
81Kiowa County1,105+5%
82Trego County1,104-1%
83Ness County1,085-0.4%
84Rush County1,073-0.6%
85Rawlins County1,008+1.7%
86Sheridan County995+0.9%
87Edwards County924+4.3%
88Lincoln County909-1.3%
89Stanton County896-5.2%
90Decatur County877-1.3%
91Graham County876-3.5%
92Cheyenne County872+3.2%
93Clark County843+5.1%
94Morton County795+0.1%
95Chase County777+6%
96Chautauqua County754+3.7%
97Wichita County752+4.2%
98Jewell County724+4.3%
99Woodson County690-0.1%
100Comanche County622-1.3%
101Elk County619+1.5%
102Greeley County617-0.2%
103Hodgeman County616+3%
104Lane County605+1.2%
105Wallace County535-1.5%

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About this ranking

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2024/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Counties in Kansas by covered employment (QCEW), 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2024/a/industry/10.csv

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in Kansas by covered employment (QCEW), 2024. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2024/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/kansas-counties?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Counties in Kansas by covered employment (QCEW), 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2024/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/kansas-counties?period=2024.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Counties in Kansas by covered employment (QCEW), 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2024/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/kansas-counties?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest covered employment (QCEW)?

Johnson County, with 370,992 jobs in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Wallace County, with 535 jobs in 2024.

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