Berkshire County, MA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Berkshire County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 140 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Berkshire County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
65,751
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
128,047
people in Berkshire County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$72,565
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Berkshire County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Berkshire 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 Berkshire 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.

General Dynamics Mission Systems106 open roles
Williams College3 open roles
Austen Riggs Center2 open roles
Confidential2 open roles
General Dynamics2 open roles
Minerals Technologies2 open roles
Sharp Sterile Manufacturing2 open roles
3 Brasseurs Brasil1 open role
AAS Healthcare Staffing1 open role
Archinect1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Berkshire County

Williams College1,001–5,000 employees

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

Colleges in Berkshire County

Colleges in Berkshire County
College	City	Type	Students
Williams College	Williamstown	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Bard College at Simon's Rock	Great Barrington	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	North Adams	Public 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board
Towns: Adams, Alford, Becket, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Egremont, Florida, Great Barrington, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Ashford, New Marlborough, North Adams, Otis, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Sandisfield, Savoy, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, West Stickbridge, Williamstown, Windsor

MassHire Berkshire Career Center
Pittsfield · Comprehensive · 413-499-2220
Monday through Thursday, 8:00am - 4:00pm, Friday 9:00am - 4:00pm

Cities in Berkshire County

Other Massachusetts counties

All of Massachusetts

Laid off or looking for work in Berkshire County?

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