Reading, PA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Reading
- Field Service Engineer - X-rayBlock Imaging
- Transmission Project Manager - Project Management Controls - Reading-Pottsville PkFirstEnergy Akron
- Project Engineer IV: Scoping & Estimating EngineerFirstEnergy Akron
- Project Engineer III- TransmissionFirstEnergy Akron
- Equipment Engineer III/IVFirstEnergy Akron
- Substation Design EngineerFirstEnergy Akron
- Engineer - PA LTIIP (Met-Ed) Southeastern PAFirstEnergy Akron
- Transmission Project Coordinator - Project Management ControlsFirstEnergy Akron
- Planning Engineer - Reading, PAFirstEnergy Akron
- Development Director (Part-Time)Meet Greater Reading
Employers hiring most in Reading
- Penske Truck Leasing50 open roles
- Penske Truck Leasing / Penske Logistics16 open roles
- Meet Greater Reading13 open roles
- Worley Group12 open roles
- FirstEnergy Akron8 open roles
- Albright College6 open roles
- Alvernia University6 open roles
- NextPath Career Partners5 open roles
- EnerSys4 open roles
- Aspen Technical Staffing3 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Reading
- Penske Truck Leasing20,001–100,000 employees
- EnerSys5,001–20,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Reading layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Reading 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 Reading
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Albright College | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Alvernia University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Reading. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- South Central Workforce Development Board
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Adams County economy
3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
52,598
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
105,183
people in Adams County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$81,071
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Adams County
- Franklin3 jobs
- Berwick17 jobs
- Gettysburg6 jobs
- Oxford3 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.