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Nez Perce County, ID jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Nez Perce County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 25 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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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

Where Nez Perce County ranks

Where Nez Perce County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

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

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Nez Perce County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Nez Perce 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 Nez Perce 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.

  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

Colleges in Nez Perce County

Colleges in Nez Perce County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewistonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Nez Perce County. 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 Department of Labor - Lewiston

    Lewiston · Comprehensive · 208-799-5000

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

Cities in Nez Perce County

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

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