Tompkins County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Tompkins County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 100 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Tompkins County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
48,673
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
102,879
people in Tompkins County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$73,012
median household income
Source: Census ACS
59%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Tompkins County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Tompkins 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 Tompkins 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.

Ithaca College27 open roles
Cornell University20 open roles
Tompkins Bank & Trust8 open roles
Brookdale Senior Living3 open roles
Food Management Search3 open roles
Human Capital Ventures3 open roles
USA Staffing Network3 open roles
Five Below2 open roles
GPAC2 open roles
REAL Insight2 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Tompkins County

Cornell University5,001–20,000 employees

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

Colleges in Tompkins County

Colleges in Tompkins County
College	City	Type	Students
Cornell University	Ithaca	Private nonprofit 4-year	20,000+
Ithaca College	Ithaca	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Tompkins County Workforce Development Board
Tompkins

Tompkins Workforce New York Career Center - Ithaca
Ithaca · Comprehensive · 607-272-7570
M-F: 8:30am - 4:30pm

Cities in Tompkins County

Ithaca98 jobs

Other New York counties

All of New York

Laid off or looking for work in Tompkins 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.