In Salina, businesses and employers across several industries are looking for workers and many are offering incentives to new hires. The November 2021 labor force and unemployment report, which is the latest available from the Kansas Department of Labor, showed Saline County with an unemployment rate of 2.5%. This rate is a significant drop from the highest during the pandemic, April 2020, which saw the county’s unemployment rate reach 10.7%. For comparison, the report from November 2019 showed a 2.7% unemployment rate. Salina and the north-central Kansas region are doing well with employment compared to other places in the state … Despite this noticeable drop in unemployment rates, employees are still needed throughout the community.
Source: Salina Journal
