Latah County, ID jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Latah County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Latah County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.3% the month before
20,766
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
40,315
people in Latah County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,179
median household income
Source: Census ACS
45%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Latah County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Latah County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Latah County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Emsi2 open roles
Albertsons Companies1 open role
Chick-fil-A1 open role
Gritman Medical Center1 open role
Lightcast1 open role
RedBalloon1 open role
Safeway1 open role
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Latah County

University of Idaho1,001–5,000 employees

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

Colleges in Latah County

Colleges in Latah County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Idaho	Moscow	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999
New Saint Andrews College	Moscow	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Idaho Workforce Development Council
Serves all of Idaho

Cities in Latah County

Moscow11 jobs

Other Idaho counties

All of Idaho

Laid off or looking for work in Latah County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Idaho’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.