Allentown, PA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Allentown
- Manager Equipment & Maintenance ReliabilityRepublic Services
- Human Resources Manager - Polymer CenterRepublic Services
- Maintenance Manager - Polymer CenterRepublic Services
- Ops Manager, Polymer CenterRepublic Services
- Audit ManagerGPAC
- Tax ManagerGPAC
- Financial Analyst Provider Compensation - Local to PA/NJ - Onsite RequiredSt. Luke's University Health Network
- OBGYN Medical DirectorSt. Luke’s University Health Network
- Motorcoach Fleet ManagerLandline
- Manager, People OperationsLandline
Employers hiring most in Allentown
- PPL39 open roles
- Apci Credit Union9 open roles
- Thermo Fisher Scientific7 open roles
- Chobani6 open roles
- Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings5 open roles
- Honeywell International5 open roles
- Keystone Consulting Engineers5 open roles
- Air Products4 open roles
- Allentown School District4 open roles
- Eli Lilly and Company4 open roles
Allentown layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Allentown in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Allentown
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Crest College | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Muhlenberg College | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Allentown. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Workforce Board Lehigh Valley
Lehigh, Northampton
PA CareerLink - Lehigh Valley
Allentown · Comprehensive · 610-437-5627
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Lehigh County economy
4.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.6% the month before
203,215
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
375,408
people in Lehigh County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,493
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Lehigh County
- Coopersburg39 jobs
- Breinigsville18 jobs
- Macungie7 jobs
- Whitehall5 jobs
- Emmaus5 jobs
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Pennsylvania’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.