Arcata, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Payroll Specialist-Arcata- Closes 10/27/2026United Indian Health
Employers hiring most in Arcata
- United Indian Health1 open role
Arcata layoffs
No layoff notices naming Arcata in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Arcata
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Humboldt County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 3.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.2%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,710 jobs), construction (+358 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−639 jobs), hotels & food (−417 jobs)
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Humboldt County economy
5.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.2% the month before
60,296
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
135,418
people in Humboldt County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,135
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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