Kirkland, WA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Kirkland
- Manager II, Container Maintenance - Woodinville, WAZane State College
- Principal State Estimation EngineerEchodyne
- Principal PCB/A Materials & Process EngineerEchodyne
- Principal Electrical Engineer, AccessoriesEchodyne
- Senior Mechanical EngineerEchodyne
- Senior Component EngineerEchodyne
- Senior PCB Design EngineerEchodyne
- Senior Sustaining Electrical EngineerEchodyne
- Sales Enablement Content ProducerEchodyne
- Strategic Proposal ManagerEchodyne
Employers hiring most in Kirkland
- Echodyne46 open roles
- Google25 open roles
- Amazon21 open roles
- Paccar12 open roles
- AKS Engineering6 open roles
- Element AI6 open roles
- Ziply Fiber6 open roles
- Atwell3 open roles
- Eastside Preparatory School3 open roles
- Kestra Medical Technologies3 open roles
Kirkland layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Kirkland in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Kirkland
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Washington Institute of Technology | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Northwest University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kirkland. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
King County economy
4.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
1,352,310
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
2,262,713
people in King County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$122,148
median household income
Source: Census ACS
58%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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- Auburn25 jobs
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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.