Ontario, OR jobs, layoffs and employers
Ontario layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Ontario in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Ontario. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Eastern Oregon Workforce Board
Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa
WorkSource Ontario - Malheur County
Ontario · Comprehensive · 541-318-7940
8:30 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Friday
Malheur County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.4% the month before
13,684
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
31,701
people in Malheur County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$49,902
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Ontario?
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Oregon’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.