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Wasco County, OR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wasco County’s unemployment rate is 5.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wasco County economy

  • 5.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.5% the month before

  • 13,013

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 26,603

    people in Wasco County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $63,602

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wasco County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wasco 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 Wasco 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. GXO Logistics2 open roles
  2. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers1 open role
  3. Waste Connections1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • East Cascades Works

    Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler

  • Worksource Oregon - The Dalles

    The Dalles · Comprehensive · 541-791-5850

    8:00 am to 5:00 pm M-F

Cities in Wasco County

Other Oregon counties

All of Oregon

Laid off or looking for work in Wasco 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 Oregon’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.