Benton County, OR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Benton County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 28 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Benton County economy

4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.8% the month before
48,634
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
96,359
people in Benton County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$76,011
median household income
Source: Census ACS
51%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Benton County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Benton 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 Benton 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.

HP11 open roles
Samaritan Health Services3 open roles
Confidential2 open roles
Jacobs2 open roles
Albertsons Companies1 open role
Andrews Cooper Technology1 open role
Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
ICF International1 open role
Johnson Service Group1 open role
OptiTrack1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Benton County

Oregon State 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 Benton County

Colleges in Benton County
College	City	Type	Students
Oregon State University	Corvallis	Public 4-year	20,000+

Workforce development and job centers

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

Oregon Northwest Workforce Investment Board
Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Tillamook

WorkSource Oregon - Corvallis
Corvallis · Comprehensive · 541-757-4261
Mon - Fri 8:30am - 5pm

Cities in Benton County

Corvallis28 jobs

Other Oregon counties

All of Oregon

Laid off or looking for work in Benton County?

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Oregon’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.