Wilkes-Barre, PA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Wilkes-Barre
- Maintenance ManagerChewy
- Area Maintenance ManagerChewy
- Business Intelligence Analyst IIChewy
- Market Area ManagerCasella Waste Systems
- Account ExecutiveCasella Waste Systems
- Food & Beverage ManagerWawa
- Assistant District Sales ManagerVault Roofing
- Sr Manager, AccountingGeneral Dynamics OTS
- Production Planner IGeneral Dynamics OTS
- Outside Sales RepresentativeVault Roofing
Employers hiring most in Wilkes-Barre
- Wilkes University5 open roles
- Nexstar Media Group4 open roles
- Chewy3 open roles
- Casella Waste Systems2 open roles
- General Dynamics OTS2 open roles
- UGI2 open roles
- Vault Roofing2 open roles
- Highmark Health1 open role
- UGI1 open role
- Wawa1 open role
Wilkes-Barre layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Wilkes-Barre 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 Wilkes-Barre
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Wilkes University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| King's College | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wilkes-Barre. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Luzerne/Schuykill County Workforce Investment Board
Luzerne, Schuylkill
Luzerne County economy
5.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.2% the month before
165,432
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
325,978
people in Luzerne County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,321
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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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.