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Klickitat County, WA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Klickitat County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 12 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Klickitat County economy

  • 4.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.9% the month before

  • 9,683

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 23,082

    people in Klickitat County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $70,400

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 42%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Klickitat County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Klickitat 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 Klickitat 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. Airbus2 open roles
  2. Mid Columbia Childrens Council2 open roles
  3. Nawork2 open roles
  4. Actalent1 open role
  5. Applied Aerospace and Defense1 open role
  6. Aston Carter1 open role
  7. Insitu1 open role
  8. Jobot1 open role
  9. Rural Staffing Services1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • WorkSource Goldendale

    Goldendale · Affiliate

    Mon-Thursday 8am-12pm, closed 12pm to 1pm, open 1pm-5pm

  • WorkSource Columbia Gorge

    White Salmon · Affiliate

    Monday to Thursday 8:30-12 closed from 12-1 for lunch open 1-5

Cities in Klickitat County

Other Washington counties

All of Washington

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