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Cumberland County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Cumberland County’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 206 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Cumberland County economy

  • 3.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.4% the month before

  • 144,442

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 264,422

    people in Cumberland County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $85,634

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 46%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Cumberland County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Cumberland 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 Cumberland 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.

  1. Arthur J. Gallagher16 open roles
  2. Gallagher16 open roles
  3. Gallagher Bassett16 open roles
  4. Foot Locker10 open roles
  5. Gannett Fleming8 open roles
  6. DHL7 open roles
  7. Members 1St Credit Union7 open roles
  8. Gannett Fleming TranSystems5 open roles
  9. GPAC4 open roles
  10. Amazon3 open roles

Colleges in Cumberland County

Colleges in Cumberland County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburgPublic 4-year5,000–9,999
Dickinson CollegeCarlislePrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Messiah UniversityMechanicsburgPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • PA CareerLink® Cumberland County

    Carlisle · Affiliate · 717-243-4431

    8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon - Fri

Cities in Cumberland County

Other Pennsylvania counties

All of Pennsylvania

Laid off or looking for work in Cumberland 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.