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There are several contributing factors to the diverse and skilled workforce available in Leavenworth County. The proximity to Kansas City metro area, great schools and universities, access to retired military and a strong work ethic are all factors of why our workforce is highly employable.

Leavenworth County’s civilian labor force for 2008 was 33,149 with an unemployment rate of 5.4%. Although unemployment rates rose significantly in 2009, Leavenworth County’s unemployment rate has stayed below the national average. In June 2010 Leavenworth County’s unemployment rate was 7.5% compared to a U.S. unemployment rate of 9.5%.

Civilian Labor Force	Employment	Unemployment	Unemployment Rate (%)
32,811	30,346	2,465	7.5

Please click on the Labor Basin report to view the recent labor availability analysis completed that shows the availability of workforce for Leavenworth County.

The Labor Availability Analysis shows that Leavenworth County has a much higher percentage of educated workers than other communities.

	Leavenworth County	Hutchinson, KS	Cameron, MO	Elkhorn Valley, NE	Miami County, KS	Salina, KS	St. Joseph, MO
Labor Basin Population	360,145	336,702	130,362	103,170	205,906	195,548	224,581
Available Labor Force & % of Population	74463 (21%)	61,705 (18.3%)	36,423 (23%)	21,080 (21%)	40,279 (19.5%)	43,919 (22%)	69,843 (30%)
Occupational Sectors:
High Skilled Labor	7,328 (13%)	4,394 (8%)	7,371 (26%)	1,603 (8%)	5,407 (15%)	4,503 (11%)	5,562 (10%)
General Labor	9,469 (16%)	10,795 (20%)	3,272 (11.5%)	5,816 (31%)	8,637 (25%)	10,682 (27%)	11,362 (21%)
Service Sector Labor	25,968 (44%)	18,789 (36%)	10,795 (38.1%)	7,457 (40%)	12,254 (35%)	13,989 (35%)	25,653 (47%)
Professional/ Sales	15,914 (27%)	18,774 (36%)	6,904 (24.4%)	3,967 (21%)	8,813 (25%)	10,687 (27%)	11,678 (22%)
Education Levels:
Doctoral Degree	4,107 (5.5%)	480 (.8%)	169 (.5%)	175 (.8%)	524 (1.3%)	169 (.4%)	2061 (3%)
Masters Degree	10,578 (14.2%)	7,854 (12.7%)	1,854 (5.1%)	1,310 (6.2%)	3,826 (9.5%)	4,703 (10.7%)	4,034 (5.8%)
Bachelors Degree	21,783 (29.3%)	15,182 (24.6%)	7,514 (20.6%)	3,559 (16.9%)	9,788 (24.3%)	8,366 (19%)	12,637 (18.1%)
Associates Degree	9,382 (12.6%)	6,889 (11.2%)	4,456 (12.2%)	4,773 (22.6%)	3,947 (9.8%)	4,470 (10.2%)	5,042 (7.2%)
Some College	13,530 (18.2%)	15,804 (25.6%)	8,007 (22%)	5,075 (24.1%)	10,231 (25.4%)	12,970 (29.5%)	20,016 (28.7%)
High School Diploma (only)	13,959 (18.7%)	12,616 (20.4%)	11,858 (32.6%)	5,633 (26.7%)	10,674 (26.5%)	11,242 (25.6%)	21,288 (30.5%)
Less HS Diploma	1,122 (1.5%)	2,880 (4.7%)	2,565 (7%)	554 (2.6%)	1,289 (3.2%)	1,999 (4.6%)	4,765 (6.8%)
Major Fields of Study:
Business & Economics	9933(27%)	1,529 (19%)	2,000 (20%)	416 (32%)	857 (22%)	24%	6,630 (29%)
Art & Humanities	7287(20%)	857 (11%)		23 (2%)	364 (10%)	16%	1,088 (5%)
Biological Sciences	6272(17%)	1,150 (15%)	2,171 (22%)	122 (9%)	566 (15%)	11%	5,955 (26%)
Social Sciences	4381(12%)	978 (12%)	1485 (15%)	207 (16%)	769 (20%)	10%	1,518 (6%)
Education	4359(12%)	1,462 (19%)		386 (29%)	784 (21%)	30%	3,321 (14%)
Computer Science & Math	2964(8%)	440 (6%)	158 (2%)	82 (6%)	276 (7%)	4%	741 (3%)
Physical Sciences & Engineering	1273(4%)	551 (7%)	756 (8%)	74 (6%)	210 (5%)	5%	1254 (5%)

There are several workforce training programs offered in Kansas to help your company build a strong and skilled workforce. Please visit our incentives page to learn more about these programs.