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Idaho jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Idaho’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. 659 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 32 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Idaho economy

  • 3.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.6% the month before

  • 998,378

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,893,296

    people in Idaho

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $74,636

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Idaho layoffs

  • 32

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 651

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 27

    employers

WARN notices filed in Idaho, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Amy's KitchenPocatello49—State record
Idaho StatesmanBoise10Non-WARNState record
Pastry PerfectionBoise10Non-WARNState record
JeniusBankNew York1—State record
Idaho National Laboratory (Battelle Energy Alliance- Specific Manufacturing Cap…Idaho Falls—Non-WARNState record
Idaho National Laboratory (Battelle Energy Alliance- Specific Manufacturing Cap…Idaho Falls50Non-WARNState record
Al's Sporting GoodsBoise40Non-WARNState record
Idaho Site WorksNampa30Non-WARNState record
FortrexDunwoody53—State record
ConduentFlorham Park1—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Idaho

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories36 open roles
  2. Idaho State University18 open roles
  3. Micron17 open roles
  4. Oklo13 open roles
  5. Chobani11 open roles
  6. Micron Technology11 open roles
  7. Simplot Company Foundation11 open roles
  8. Lamb Weston Holdings9 open roles
  9. United Site Services9 open roles
  10. CRH Public8 open roles
  11. Glanbia8 open roles
  12. American Society for Microbiology7 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Idaho

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Idaho

  • 9

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 126,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Idaho

Largest colleges in Idaho
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Boise State UniversityBoisePublic 4-year20,000+
Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburgPrivate nonprofit 4-year20,000+
Idaho State UniversityPocatelloPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of IdahoMoscowPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewistonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampaPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
The College of IdahoCaldwellPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Boise Bible CollegeBoisePrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
New Saint Andrews CollegeMoscowPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

All 9 Idaho colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Idaho. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

8 American Job Centers in Idaho

Job fairs and business events in Idaho

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Idaho.

Conferences in Idaho

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Idaho, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 2 with dates announced.

All conferences

Idaho counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Idaho cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Idaho?

See what to do first, what Idaho unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Idaho’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Idaho unemployment benefits.