Blair County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Blair County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 47 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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

Blair County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Blair County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Blair 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.

Sheetz9 open roles
GPAC3 open roles
UPMC3 open roles
Vontier3 open roles
Clemens Food Group2 open roles
County of Blair2 open roles
Direct Marketing Solutions2 open roles
Veterans Health Administration2 open roles
Wieland Rolled Products North America2 open roles
84 Lumber1 open role

Colleges in Blair County

Colleges in Blair County
College	City	Type	Students
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona	Altoona	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Blair County. 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.

Cities in Blair County

Altoona18 jobs
Claysburg8 jobs
Duncansville8 jobs
Freedom6 jobs
Tyrone4 jobs
Hollidaysburg3 jobs

Other Pennsylvania counties

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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.