Altoona, PA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Altoona
- Physician - Chief of Staff (VM-15)Veterans Health Administration
- Administrative Office AssistantAdvantage Resource Group
- Sr. Manufacturing NPI EngineerVontier
- Commercial Credit AnalystGPAC
- Outside Sales Rep84 Lumber
- EXECUTIVE DIRECTORBlair County Trail, Park & Recreation Authority
- Associate Attorney - Estate PlanningSteinbacher Goodall & Yurchak
- Dietitian - Clinical (GS-7/11)Veterans Health Administration
- Lead Auditor Data Analytics (100% Virtual/Remote)US Foods
- Account ExecutiveTradesmen International
Employers hiring most in Altoona
- UPMC3 open roles
- Veterans Health Administration2 open roles
- 84 Lumber1 open role
- Advantage Resource Group1 open role
- Blair County Trail, Park & Recreation Authority1 open role
- Fresenius Medical Care Holdings1 open role
- GPAC1 open role
- Hansen Agri-Placement1 open role
- Mobile Communications America1 open role
- Sheetz1 open role
Altoona layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Altoona 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 Altoona
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Altoona. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Southern Alleghenies Workforce Development Board
Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, Huntingdon, Somerset
PA CareerLink - Blair County
Altoona · Comprehensive · 814-940-6201
8:30am to 4:30pm Mon. - Thurs., 9:00am - 4:30pm Fri.
Blair County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.9% the month before
58,710
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
121,854
people in Blair County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$60,594
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Blair County
- Claysburg8 jobs
- Duncansville8 jobs
- Freedom6 jobs
- Tyrone4 jobs
- Hollidaysburg3 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.