Orange County, VT jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Orange County’s unemployment rate is 2.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Orange County economy

2.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.7% the month before
15,854
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
29,594
people in Orange County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,328
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Orange County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Orange 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 Orange 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.

Gifford2 open roles
Gifford Medical Center1 open role
New Jersey Institute of Technology1 open role

Colleges in Orange County

Colleges in Orange County
College	City	Type	Students
Vermont State University	Randolph	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Office of Workforce Strategy & Development
Serves all of Vermont

Cities in Orange County

Randolph4 jobs

Other Vermont counties

All of Vermont

Laid off or looking for work in Orange 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 Vermont’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.