Kansas Layoffs — May 2005

Employers in Kansas filed 12 WARN Act notices in May 2005, impacting roughly 150 workers — representing a pullback from April and down 3% versus May 2004. The average filing covered 12 workers, with 0 closures among the notices.

Industry Breakdown

Industry classification was not available for filings in Kansas this month. A total of 150 workers were affected across 12 notices.

Geographic Hotspots

County	Notices	Workers
Sedgwick	5	114
Saline	1	36

Sedgwick saw the most concentrated activity, accounting for 76% of all affected workers with 114 workers across 5 notices.

City	Notices	Workers
Wichita	5	114
Salina	1	36

Layoff Type Analysis

Type	Notices	Workers
Layoff	6	0

Largest Layoffs

Company	City	Workers	Type	Date
Raytheon Aircraft Company	Wichita	49		2005-05-23
Raytheon Aircraft Company	Salina	36		2005-05-09
The Boeing Company	Wichita	25		2005-05-20
The Boeing Company	Wichita	19		2005-05-06
The Boeing Company	Wichita	18		2005-05-13
Thte Boeing Company	Wichita	3		2005-05-27
The Boeing Company		N/A	Layoff	2005-05-06
Raytheon Aircraft Company		N/A	Layoff	2005-05-09
The Boeing Company		N/A	Layoff	2005-05-13
The Boeing Company		N/A	Layoff	2005-05-20
Raytheon Aircraft Company		N/A	Layoff	2005-05-23
Thte Boeing Company		N/A	Layoff	2005-05-27

The single largest action involved Raytheon Aircraft Company at its Wichita facility, reporting 49 affected workers. Raytheon Aircraft Company followed with 36 workers.

Trend & Outlook

This is the third consecutive month of declining layoff activity.

The data underscores a easing in workforce disruptions across Kansas, with filings falling below both recent and year-ago levels.

This analysis is based on official WARN Act filings reported by Kansas. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers with 100+ employees to provide 60-day advance notice of mass layoffs and plant closings. Data is updated daily by WARN Firehose. View all Kansas WARN notices, browse layoffs by state, or download the full dataset.