Houghton, NY jobs, layoffs and employers
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No WARN layoff notices naming Houghton in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Houghton
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Houghton University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Job fairs and business events in Houghton
Hiring events, career workshops and business events in Houghton.
- Career workshopNov 5, 2026 · Houghton, NY
Resume Workshop – FREE COLD BREW & BAKED GOODS
College: Houghton University
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Houghton. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Cattaraugus-Allegany Workforce Investment Board
Allegany, Cattaraugus
Allegany County economy
5.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.9% the month before
18,403
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
47,027
people in Allegany County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,233
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from New York’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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.