Lewiston, ID jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Lewiston

• Project Manager - Water/WastewaterMerrick Medical Center
• Executive DirectorBrookdale Senior Living
• Director of Clinical OperationsFox Point Recruitment
• Front End Entry LevelAlbertsons Companies
• Engineering Manager ISchweitzer Engineering Laboratories
• Engineering Manager - VI MagneticsSchweitzer Engineering Laboratories
• Facilities ManagerBusiness Excellence Group
• Facilities Operations ManagerJones Lange Lasalle
• Facilities Operations ManagerJLL
• Front End Entry LevelSafeway

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Employers hiring most in Lewiston

1. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories13 open roles
2. ScionHealth4 open roles
3. Albertsons Companies1 open role
4. Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
5. Business Excellence Group1 open role
6. Fox Point Recruitment1 open role
7. JLL1 open role
8. Jones Lange Lasalle1 open role
9. Merrick Medical Center1 open role
10. Safeway1 open role

Lewiston layoffs

No layoff notices naming Lewiston 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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Colleges in Lewiston

Nez Perce 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 1.6% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.8% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.1%, down 0.2 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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

• Idaho physical therapists rank high in job confidence amid AI concernsKMVT on MSN · Oct 23, 2026
• Vikings Return Home after 11-Day Layoff; Host Weber State, Idaho State at Hillsboro StadiumPortland State University Athletics · Oct 13, 2026
• Idaho teachers’ union to cut staff, close regional officesIdaho Education News · Oct 1, 2026

Learn and get funded in Lewiston

• 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.

Workforce development and job centers

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

• Idaho Workforce Development Council

  Serves all of Idaho

• Idaho Department of Labor - Lewiston

  Lewiston · Comprehensive · 208-799-5000

  Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Nez Perce County economy

• 3.1%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.3% the month before

• 20,322

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 42,477

  people in Nez Perce County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $71,466

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 35%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS