Dauphin County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dauphin County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 353 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Dauphin County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.4% the month before
152,994
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
287,484
people in Dauphin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$74,159
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Dauphin County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Dauphin 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 Dauphin 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.

Hershey25 open roles
Attentive24 open roles
GSK11 open roles
Michels11 open roles
Capital Blue Cross7 open roles
Eaton7 open roles
UPMC7 open roles
Fiserv5 open roles
Flagger Force5 open roles
Nexstar Media Group5 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Dauphin County

Hershey5,001–20,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Dauphin County

Colleges in Dauphin County
College	City	Type	Students
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology	Harrisburg	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg	Middletown	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Dauphin 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

PA CareerLink - Capitol Region
Harrisburg · Comprehensive · 717-783-3270
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday

Cities in Dauphin County

Harrisburg265 jobs
Hershey75 jobs
Hummelstown12 jobs

Other Pennsylvania counties

All of Pennsylvania

Laid off or looking for work in Dauphin 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.