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Orleans County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Orleans County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Orleans County economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 18,748

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 39,686

    people in Orleans County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $63,838

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 29%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Orleans County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Orleans 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 Orleans 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. Five Star Bank1 open role
  2. Hendrickson USA1 open role
  3. Welch Allyn1 open role
  4. Winland Foods1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Albion Career Center

    Albion · Affiliate · 585-589-5335

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

Cities in Orleans County

Other New York counties

All of New York

Laid off or looking for work in Orleans 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.