Fairmont, WV jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Transmission Project Manager - Project Management Controls - Fairmont Corporate CenterFirstEnergy Akron
- Equipment Engineer IVFirstEnergy Akron
- Equipment Engineer III -Transmission & Substation Services - Fairmont MonPower TransmissionFirstEnergy Akron
- Project Engineer III - Transmission Engineering - Fairmont Corporate CenterFirstEnergy Akron
- Business Analyst - WV & MD Engineering ServicesFirstEnergy Akron
- Engineer - EMS/GMS OperationsFirstEnergy Akron
- Transmission Project Coordinator - Project Management ControlsFirstEnergy Akron
- Engineer III, IV, V - Transmission & Substation Services - Fairmont Corporate CenterFirstEnergy Akron
- Reliability Engineer - Distribution (WV)FirstEnergy Akron
- 2083 Software Developer 4Allpointsllc
Employers hiring most in Fairmont
- FirstEnergy Akron10 open roles
- Allpointsllc1 open role
- Builders FirstSource1 open role
- Entarian1 open role
- Express Employment Professionals Defunct1 open role
- Sev1Tech1 open role
- State of West Virginia1 open role
Fairmont layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Fairmont 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 Fairmont
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Fairmont State University | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Job fairs and business events in Fairmont
Hiring events, career workshops and business events in Fairmont.
- Small-business counselingNov 10, 2026 · Fairmont, WV · Free
#NVSBW Federal Contracting for Veteran Owned Small Businesses
SBDC / SBA partner: SBA - WVDO
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Fairmont. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Region VI Workforce Investment Board
Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur
WorkForce WV - Fairmont
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Marion County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.6% the month before
25,189
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
56,042
people in Marion County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,537
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from West Virginia’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.