Ithaca, NY jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Field Service Engineer HW Ithaca NYSiemens Healthineers
- Financial ConsultantCommunity Bank, National Association
- Director of Development, Student & Campus Life and AthleticsCornell University
- Vice President and Chief Human Resources OfficerCornell University
- Night Auditor/Manager, The Statler HotelCornell University
- Vice President and Chief Human Resources OfficerConfidential
- AI EngineerCornell University
- Corporate Food Safety & Quality ManagerGPAC
- Manufacturing EngineerExpress Employment Professionals
- Facilities ManagerREAL Insight
Employers hiring most in Ithaca
- Ithaca College27 open roles
- Cornell University19 open roles
- Tompkins Bank & Trust8 open roles
- Brookdale Senior Living3 open roles
- Food Management Search3 open roles
- Human Capital Ventures3 open roles
- Five Below2 open roles
- REAL Insight2 open roles
- Zymtronix Catalytic Systems2 open roles
- Advantage Sport & Fitness1 open role
Largest employers headquartered in Ithaca
- Cornell University5,001–20,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Ithaca layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Ithaca 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 Ithaca
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Cornell University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 20,000+ |
| Ithaca College | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Ithaca. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Tompkins Workforce New York Career Center - Ithaca
Ithaca · Comprehensive · 607-272-7570
M-F: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tompkins County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
48,673
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
102,879
people in Tompkins County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$73,012
median household income
Source: Census ACS
59%
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.