Dayton, WA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Dayton
- Electrical Controls Engineer - Generation (Wind & Solar)Puget Sound Energy
- Senior Engineer - Generation Electrical & ControlsPuget Sound Energy
- Engineer III - Generation Electrical & ControlsPuget Sound Energy
- Engineer II - Generation Electrical & ControlsPuget Sound Energy
- Engineer I - Generation Electrical & ControlsPuget Sound Energy
Employers hiring most in Dayton
- Puget Sound Energy5 open roles
Dayton layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Dayton in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Dayton. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Eastern Washington Partnership Workforce Dev. Council
Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman
Columbia County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
1,756
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
3,996
people in Columbia County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,528
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Dayton?
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Washington’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.