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Forest County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Forest County’s unemployment rate is 5.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Forest County economy

  • 5.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    6.5% the month before

  • 1,541

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 6,785

    people in Forest County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $50,061

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 22%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Forest County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Forest 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 Forest 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. Sysco2 open roles
  2. Transtex1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Forest County

Other Pennsylvania counties

All of Pennsylvania

Laid off or looking for work in Forest 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.