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Franklin County, MA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Franklin County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. Employers filed 3 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 13 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Franklin County economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.1% the month before

  • 35,788

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 70,922

    people in Franklin County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $72,584

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 45%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Franklin County layoffs

  • 3

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 132

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 3

    employers

WARN notices filed in Franklin County, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Postal Center International, Inc.Franklin112—State record
*Updated* Thermo Fisher ScientificFranklin15—State record
Pure Safety Group, IncTakes effect Oct 2, 2026Franklin5—State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Franklin 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. Greenfield Savings Bank4 open roles
  2. Center for Responsive Schools2 open roles
  3. Altium Packaging1 open role
  4. Bete Fog Nozzle1 open role
  5. Deerfield Academy1 open role
  6. Global Trading Systems1 open role
  7. gpac1 open role
  8. Kelly Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom1 open role
  9. Pioneer Valley Regional School District1 open role
  10. Rodney Hunt1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board

    Towns: Amherst, Ashfield, Athol, Belchertown, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Chesterfield, Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Deerfield, Easthampton, Erving, Gill, Goshen, Granby, Greenfield, Hadley, Hatfield, Hawley, Heath, Huntington, Leverett, Leyden, Middlefield, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northampton, Northfield, Orange, Pelham, Petersham, Phillipston, Plainfield, Rowe, Royalston, Shelburne, Shutesbury, South Hadley, Southampton, Sunderland, Ware, Warwick, Wendell, Westhampton, Whately, Williamsburg, Worthington

  • MassHire Franklin/Hampshire Career Center

    Greenfield · Comprehensive

    Mon - Thurs, 8:30am - 4:30pm; Fri, 9:30am - 4:30 pm

Cities in Franklin County

Other Massachusetts counties

All of Massachusetts

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