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Lehigh County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lehigh County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 311 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lehigh County economy

  • 4.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.6% the month before

  • 203,215

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 375,408

    people in Lehigh County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $77,493

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 39%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lehigh County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lehigh 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 Lehigh 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. PPL39 open roles
  2. Lutron33 open roles
  3. Apci Credit Union9 open roles
  4. Thermo Fisher Scientific8 open roles
  5. Chobani6 open roles
  6. Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings5 open roles
  7. Honeywell International5 open roles
  8. Keystone Consulting Engineers5 open roles
  9. Air Products4 open roles
  10. Allentown School District4 open roles

Colleges in Lehigh County

Colleges in Lehigh County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Cedar Crest CollegeAllentownPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
DeSales UniversityCenter ValleyPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Muhlenberg CollegeAllentownPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh ValleyCenter ValleyPublic 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • PA CareerLink - Lehigh Valley

    Allentown · Comprehensive · 610-437-5627

    7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Cities in Lehigh County

Other Pennsylvania counties

All of Pennsylvania

Laid off or looking for work in Lehigh 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.