Lancaster County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lancaster County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 125 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lancaster County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
302,647
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
555,151
people in Lancaster County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$83,703
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lancaster County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lancaster 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 Lancaster 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.

GSK9 open roles
GPAC8 open roles
The Ephrata National Bank7 open roles
Dart Container4 open roles
Simon Lever4 open roles
UGI4 open roles
Albertsons2 open roles
Armstrong Elevator Company2 open roles
Champion Homes2 open roles
CNH Industrial2 open roles

Colleges in Lancaster County

Colleges in Lancaster County
College	City	Type	Students
Millersville University of Pennsylvania	Millersville	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999
Elizabethtown College	Elizabethtown	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Franklin and Marshall College	Lancaster	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Lancaster Bible College	Lancaster	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster	Lancaster	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Lancaster Theological Seminary	Lancaster	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design	Lancaster	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Lancaster County Workforce Development Board
Lancaster

PA CareerLink - Lancaster County
Lancaster · Comprehensive · 717-509-5613
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. M, T, W, Th, F. Closed first Wednesday of every other even month at 12:00pm

Cities in Lancaster County

Lititz27 jobs
Ephrata13 jobs
Denver13 jobs
Marietta12 jobs
Leola11 jobs
New Holland10 jobs
Mount Joy9 jobs
Manheim9 jobs
Elizabethtown6 jobs
Providence5 jobs
Landisville4 jobs
Georgetown3 jobs
Millersville1 jobs

Other Pennsylvania counties

All of Pennsylvania

Laid off or looking for work in Lancaster 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.