Wayne County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wayne County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 48 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wayne County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.6% the month before
23,670
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
51,189
people in Wayne County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,182
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wayne County layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
96
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Wayne County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Effective Dec 1, 2026	Ask Foods, LLC	Lebanon	96	Closure	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Wayne 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.

DHL4 open roles
Hitachi3 open roles
Casella Waste Systems2 open roles
GPAC2 open roles
Haemonetics2 open roles
Koninklijke Philips2 open roles
Learning Care Group2 open roles
NRG Business Marketing2 open roles
Schott2 open roles
Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers2 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

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

Pocono Counties Workforce Development Board
Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne

Workforce Alliance (A PA CareerLink (r) Affiliate
Honesdale · Affiliate · 570-390-7613
Mon - Fri 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Cities in Wayne County

Lebanon20 jobs
Honesdale10 jobs
Mount Pleasant8 jobs
Manchester7 jobs
Clinton3 jobs

Other Pennsylvania counties

All of Pennsylvania

Laid off or looking for work in Wayne 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.