Adams County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Adams County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. Employers filed 2 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 202 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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

Adams County layoffs

2
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
455
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers

WARN notices filed in Adams County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Effective Jul 6, 2026	Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc.	Franklin	148	Closure	State record
Effective May 10, 2026	Bowhead Logistics Management, LLC	Franklin	307	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Adams 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.

Penske Truck Leasing50 open roles
Penske Truck Leasing / Penske Logistics16 open roles
Meet Greater Reading13 open roles
Worley Group12 open roles
Amazon11 open roles
FirstEnergy Akron8 open roles
Albright College6 open roles
Alvernia University6 open roles
Talen Energy6 open roles
NextPath Career Partners5 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Adams County

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.

Colleges in Adams County

Colleges in Adams County
College	City	Type	Students
Gettysburg College	Gettysburg	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
United Lutheran Seminary	Gettysburg	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

South Central Workforce Development Board
Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lebanon, Perry, York

Cities in Adams County

Reading167 jobs
Franklin4 jobs
Berwick17 jobs
Gettysburg9 jobs
Oxford5 jobs

Other Pennsylvania counties

All of Pennsylvania

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