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Cortland County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Cortland County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 26 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Cortland County economy

  • 4.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.4% the month before

  • 21,654

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 46,401

    people in Cortland County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $67,527

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 39%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Cortland County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Cortland 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 Cortland 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. Danaher7 open roles
  2. Professional Service Industries6 open roles
  3. Enerpac Tool Group2 open roles
  4. McNeil2 open roles
  5. Arch Capital Group1 open role
  6. CareVet Home1 open role
  7. Guthrie1 open role
  8. Guthrie Cortland Medical Center1 open role
  9. Guthrie Cortland Medical Center1 open role
  10. Guthrie Healthcare System1 open role

Colleges in Cortland County

Colleges in Cortland County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
State University of New York at CortlandCortlandPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Cortland Works Career Center

    Cortland · Comprehensive · 607-756-7585

    M-F: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Cities in Cortland County

Other New York counties

All of New York

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