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Idaho jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Idaho’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. 854 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 42 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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Idaho economy

  • 3.6%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.6% the month before

  • 997,822

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,893,296

    people in Idaho

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $74,636

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Idaho outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 6.8% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 9.8% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.3%, unchanged from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+20,030 jobs), construction (+8,374 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−1,458 jobs), admin & staffing (−920 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

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Idaho layoffs

  • 42

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 705

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 34

    employers

Layoff notices filed in Idaho, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Ron's Natural FoodsCaldwell2Non-WARNState record
Sage Travel PlazaCaldwell5Non-WARNState record
Big Five Sporting GoodsBoise7Non-WARNState record
All Things Automotive & Diesel ServiceIdaho Falls4Non-WARNState record
Red Lion Templin's Hotel on the RiverPost Falls36Non-WARNState record
Amy's KitchenPocatello49—State record
Idaho StatesmanBoise10Non-WARNState record
Pastry PerfectionBoise10Non-WARNState record
JeniusBankNew York1—State record
Idaho National LaboratoryIdaho Falls—Non-WARNState record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Idaho

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories30 open roles
  2. Simplot Company Foundation30 open roles
  3. Albertsons Companies20 open roles
  4. Safeway19 open roles
  5. Manpower17 open roles
  6. Apex Companies12 open roles
  7. Chobani11 open roles
  8. Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology10 open roles
  9. CRH Public9 open roles
  10. Amazon8 open roles
  11. Glanbia8 open roles
  12. Micron Technology8 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Idaho

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Idaho

  • 9

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 126,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Idaho

Largest colleges in Idaho
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Boise State UniversityBoisePublic 4-year20,000+
Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburgPrivate non-profit 4-year20,000+
Idaho State UniversityPocatelloPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of IdahoMoscowPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewistonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampaPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
The College of IdahoCaldwellPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Boise Bible CollegeBoisePrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000
New Saint Andrews CollegeMoscowPrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000

All 9 Idaho colleges

Workforce development and job centers

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

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

8 American Job Centers in Idaho

Job fairs and business events in Idaho

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Idaho.

Conferences in Idaho

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Idaho, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 3 with dates announced.

All conferences

Idaho counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Show all 44

Idaho cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Show all 25

Laid off or looking for work in Idaho?

See what to do first, what Idaho unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; layoff notices from Idaho’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. Idaho unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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