Ontario County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ontario County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 55 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Ontario County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
55,413
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
112,405
people in Ontario County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$79,814
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ontario County layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
25
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Ontario County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Aug 24, 2026	Miller's Ale House, Inc.Takes effect Sep 26, 2026	Richmond	25	Closure	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Ontario 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.

Cooper Companies9 open roles
CooperVision5 open roles
SpaceX5 open roles
LSI Solutions3 open roles
Ewaste+2 open roles
G.W. Lisk Company2 open roles
HARTZ Search2 open roles
O'Connell Electric Company2 open roles
Precision Talent Partners2 open roles
Target Group2 open roles

Colleges in Ontario County

Colleges in Ontario County
College	City	Type	Students
Hobart William Smith Colleges	Geneva	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board, Inc.
Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, Yates

Finger Lakes Works - Ontario
Canandaigua · Affiliate · 585-396-4020
Monday - Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Finger Lakes Works - Geneva
Geneva · Affiliate · 315-789-1771
M-F: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Cities in Ontario County

Victor27 jobs
Canandaigua11 jobs
Geneva9 jobs
Richmond1 jobs
Clifton Springs3 jobs

Other New York counties

All of New York

Laid off or looking for work in Ontario 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.