Columbia County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Columbia County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 16 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Columbia County economy

4.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.8% the month before
31,507
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
65,055
people in Columbia County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,992
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Columbia County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Columbia 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 Columbia 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.

Westinghouse Electric7 open roles
Post Holdings3 open roles
Arconic1 open role
BAYADA Home Health Care1 open role
Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
Post Consumer Brands1 open role
Stifel1 open role
Weis Markets1 open role

Colleges in Columbia County

Colleges in Columbia County
College	City	Type	Students
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	Bloomsburg	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board doing business as Advance Central PA
Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union

PA CareerLink - Columbia/Montour County
Bloomsburg · Affiliate · 570-387-6288
Mon, Thur, 8:30am - 4:30pm; Tues, Wed, Fri 8:30am - 12:30pm

Cities in Columbia County

Bloomsburg9 jobs
Madison7 jobs

Other Pennsylvania counties

All of Pennsylvania

Laid off or looking for work in Columbia County?

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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.