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Leavenworth County KS - Opportunity Knocks

Leavenworth County offers a wide range of job opportunities in a wide range of industries including manufacturing, information technology, and healthcare. We are home to Fortune 500 companies such as Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, and SAIC. Booz Allen Hamilton, also located in Leavenworth, has been named in the Top 100 Companies to work for by Fortune magazine. Check out our Leading Employers page to get more information on what type of companies are located in Leavenworth.

According to the 2008 Occupational Wage Survey for Kansas, Leavenworth County pays wages that are comparable to Wyandotte and Johnson County. Check out the chart below that shows how well Leavenworth County wages compare to other Kansas communities:

Occupation

Leavenworth

Atchison

Douglas

Johnson

Miami

Wyandotte

Management Occupations

$38.23

$28.84

$33.36

$42.23

$35.18

$38.10

Sales Managers

$41.50

 

$37.72

$53.51

 

$38.21

Computer and Information Systems Managers

$64.20

 

$36.76

$50.80

 

$44.70

Financial Managers

$37.51

$22.49

$31.61

$39.78

$31.62

$35.79

Food Service Managers

$25.57

 

$18.40

$20.79

$24.91

$19.27

Social and Community Service Managers

$23.47

 

$20.72

$26.55

 

$16.38

Management Analysts

$40.16

 

$39.94

$34.92

 

$35.02

Business Operations Specialists, All Other

$37.45

$7.04

$23.14

$34.45

 

$30.37

Computer and Mathematical Occupations

$32.09

$20.34

$22.36

$32.20

$21.80

$26.81

Computer Programmers

$32.57

 

$32.11

$35.43

 

$30.48

Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software

$37.47

 

$33.70

$39.85

 

$28.43

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

$28.82

$24.59

$19.41

$25.56

$28.32

$24.96

Legal Occupations

$29.43

 

$25.23

$27.66

$24.50

$37.58

Registered Nurses

$28.38

$23.55

$25.60

$28.16

$23.84

$28.08

Occupational Therapists

$30.77

 

$26.48

$32.32

$21.04

$34.42

Physical Therapists

$33.92

 

$28.26

$31.92

$30.68

$36.34

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

$15.17

 

 

$14.55

 

$14.97

First-Line Supervisors/Managers, Protective Servic

$21.43

 

$17.91

$20.78

 

$20.42

First-Line Supervis./Managers of Retail Sales Work

$17.13

$11.95

$14.67

$16.97

 

$15.49

Sales Representatives, Services, All Other

$28.14

 

$16.59

$25.76

 

$26.94

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers

$21.88

 

$19.35

$19.28

 

$27.53

Construction Laborers

$23.27

$13.33

$14.17

$17.46

$13.95

$16.60

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipme

$24.45

$15.10

$18.30

$25.62

$19.84

$21.71

Construction and Building Inspectors

$26.16

 

$21.60

$23.79

 

$19.81

Computer, Automated Teller & Office Mach. Repairer

$26.87

 

$15.63

$18.29

 

$17.95

Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mecha

$29.59

 

$18.15

$22.88

 

$29.57

First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and

$26.50

$24.36

$23.12

$24.38

$26.99

$24.66


To search and learn more about job opportunities in Leavenworth County you can visit KansasWorks.com to find a job or learn about available resources.

You can also visit the Workforce Partnership in Leavenworth, which offers several workforce programs to those who are looking for a job and for employers also. Workforce Partnership offers paid internships for youth, training services for residents and education grants for those that need to develop the skills necessary to find careers in Leavenworth County.

Stop by the Workforce Partnership or contact them to learn more about these great opportunities:
Workforce Partnership
515 Limit St
Leavenworth, KS 66048-4590
(913) 682-4152
www.workforcepartnership.com