Whitman County, WA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Whitman County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 88 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Whitman County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
19,885
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
47,042
people in Whitman County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,893
median household income
Source: Census ACS
52%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Whitman County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Whitman 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 Whitman 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.

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories66 open roles
Washington State University13 open roles
VMRD2 open roles
Addium1 open role
Amazon1 open role
Charter Communications1 open role
Pullman Regional1 open role
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL)1 open role
Unknown Planner1 open role
Vector Marketing1 open role

Colleges in Whitman County

Colleges in Whitman County
College	City	Type	Students
Washington State University	Pullman	Public 4-year	20,000+

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Whitman County. 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

WorkSource Pullman
Pullman · Affiliate · 509-339-7410
M-F 8-5

Cities in Whitman County

Pullman88 jobs

Other Washington counties

All of Washington

Laid off or looking for work in Whitman County?

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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.