Lassen County, CA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lassen County’s unemployment rate is 6.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 12 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Lassen County economy

6.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
6.1% the month before
8,568
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
31,177
people in Lassen County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,395
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lassen 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 3.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 13.1% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 6.2%, up 0.1 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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

Road closures in Chico after crash knocks down power linesKRCR News Channel 7 on MSN · Oct 7, 2026

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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.

Lassen County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Lassen 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.

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Employers hiring most in Lassen 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.

Trinzic3 open roles
Albertsons Companies1 open role
Bureau of Land Management1 open role
Consultative Search Group1 open role
Digital Executive1 open role
FORTH Recruiting1 open role
Niagen Bioscience1 open role
Orion Placement1 open role
Safeway1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lassen 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).

Northern Rural Training Employment Workforce Development Board
Butte, Del Norte, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity

Alliance for Workforce Development, Inc.
Susanville · Comprehensive · 530-257-5057
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Lassen County

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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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