Welch, WV jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Part-Time Medical Director - Corrections HealthWexford Health Sources
Employers hiring most in Welch
- Wexford Health Sources1 open role
Welch layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Welch 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 Welch. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Region 1 Workforce Development Board
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WorkForce WV - Welch
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McDowell County economy
10.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
11.6% the month before
3,308
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
18,413
people in McDowell County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$29,980
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
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.