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Nassau County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Nassau County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 393 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Nassau County economy

  • 3.8%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 726,840

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,388,138

    people in Nassau County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $143,408

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 50%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Nassau County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Nassau 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 Nassau 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. New York Institute Of Technology17 open roles
  2. Standard Bots12 open roles
  3. Flagstar Bank, National Association10 open roles
  4. Catholic Health Long Island9 open roles
  5. GPAC8 open roles
  6. Hofstra University8 open roles
  7. Veeco Instruments8 open roles
  8. We Are Legal Revolution7 open roles
  9. Creative Financial Staffing6 open roles
  10. Food Management Search6 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Nassau County

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

Colleges in Nassau County

Colleges in Nassau County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Hofstra UniversityHempsteadPrivate nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
Long Island UniversityBrookvillePrivate nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
Adelphi UniversityGarden CityPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Molloy UniversityRockville CentrePrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
New York Institute of TechnologyOld WestburyPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
SUNY Old WestburyOld WestburyPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular MedicineManhassetPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
New York College of Health ProfessionsSyossetPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
New York College of Traditional Chinese MedicineMineolaPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Rabbinical College of Long IslandLong BeachPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical CollegeLawrencePrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000
United States Merchant Marine AcademyKings PointPublic 4-yearUnder 1,000
Webb InstituteGlen CovePrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • HempsteadWorks Career Center

    Hempstead · Comprehensive · 516-485-5000

    M-F: 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

  • Hicksville Career Center

    Hicksville · Comprehensive · 516-934-8532

    Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

  • Massapequa Career Center

    Massapequa · Comprehensive · 516-797-4560

    Mon. - Fri. 9:00am - 4:30pm

Cities in Nassau County

Other New York counties

All of New York

Laid off or looking for work in Nassau 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.