Yates County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Yates County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Yates County economy

2.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
12,085
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
24,637
people in Yates County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,521
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Yates County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Yates 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 Yates 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.

Management Analysis and Utilization, Inc. (MAU Wo1 open role

Colleges in Yates County

Colleges in Yates County
College	City	Type	Students
Keuka College	Keuka Park	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Yates 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- Yates
Penn Yan · Affiliate · 315-536-5140
Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 4:00pm

Cities in Yates County

Penn Yan2 jobs
Keuka Park

Other New York counties

All of New York

Laid off or looking for work in Yates County?

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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.