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Worcester County, MD jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Worcester County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Worcester County economy

  • 3.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.0% the month before

  • 30,407

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 53,279

    people in Worcester County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $81,455

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 42%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Worcester County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Worcester 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 Worcester 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.

  1. Voi3 open roles
  2. Davita1 open role
  3. Kombo1 open role
  4. n8n1 open role
  5. Senovo Capital Management GmbH1 open role
  6. TidalHealth1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Worcester County

Other Maryland counties

All of Maryland

Laid off or looking for work in Worcester 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 Maryland’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.