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Onondaga County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Onondaga County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. Employers filed 4 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 525 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Onondaga County economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.9% the month before

  • 234,947

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 471,611

    people in Onondaga County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $74,740

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 46%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Onondaga County layoffs

  • 4

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 205

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 4

    employers

WARN notices filed in Onondaga County, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Novanta CorporationTakes effect Mar 31, 2027Onondaga49ClosureState record
Piedmont Airlines, Inc.Takes effect Sep 10, 2026Onondaga88ClosureState record
Republic National Distributing Company New York, LLC.Takes effect Jul 31, 2026Onondaga46ClosureState record
Federal Express CorporationTakes effect Aug 3, 2026Onondaga22ClosureState record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Onondaga 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. Upstate Medical University81 open roles
  2. Hidden Level25 open roles
  3. Bechtel Plant Machinery22 open roles
  4. Bechtel19 open roles
  5. Bechtel16 open roles
  6. HII Mission Technologies12 open roles
  7. Community Bank, National Association11 open roles
  8. Cxtec10 open roles
  9. Lockheed Martin9 open roles
  10. Syracuse University9 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Onondaga County

  • Syracuse University5,001–20,000 employees
  • SUNY Upstate Medical University1,001–5,000 employees

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

Colleges in Onondaga County

Colleges in Onondaga County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Syracuse UniversitySyracusePrivate nonprofit 4-year20,000+
Le Moyne CollegeSyracusePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracusePublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Upstate Medical UniversitySyracusePublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CNY Works Incorporated

    Syracuse · Comprehensive · 315-473-8250

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

Cities in Onondaga County

Other New York counties

All of New York

Laid off or looking for work in Onondaga 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.