Lake County, CA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lake County’s unemployment rate is 7.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Lake County economy

7.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
7.0% the month before
26,900
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
68,139
people in Lake County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,738
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lake 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 6.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 0.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 7.1%, up 0.1 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Lake County. Each link goes to the publisher.

Benicia Teacher Convicted on 11 Counts After Napa District Let Him Keep TeachingHoodline · Oct 24, 2026

Learn and get funded in Lake County

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Lake County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Lake County 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Lake 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.

Constellation Energy5 open roles
Sutter Health3 open roles

Job fairs and business events in Lake County

Hiring events, career workshops and business events in and around Lake County.

Job fairNov 10, 2026
Largest State Career Fair
With CareerPoint Napa · With CareerPoint Marin · With CareerPoint Mendocino · Workforce board: Workforce Alliance of the North Bay

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lake County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in California? How to file for unemployment in California (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Workforce Alliance of the North Bay
Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa

Cities in Lake County

Other California counties

All of California

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

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