Marion County, WV jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Marion County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 16 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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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

Marion County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Marion 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 Marion 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.

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

Colleges in Marion County

Colleges in Marion County
College	City	Type	Students
Fairmont State University	Fairmont	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Marion County. 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
Fairmont · Comprehensive · 1-800-252-5627
8:30am to 5:00pm Mon-Thurs : 9:00am to 5:00pm Friday

Cities in Marion County

Fairmont16 jobs

Other West Virginia counties

All of West Virginia

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from West Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.