Barnstable County, MA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Barnstable County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 60 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Barnstable County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
123,123
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
230,073
people in Barnstable County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$94,452
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Barnstable County ranks

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

November 2026

#14Fastest-growing job markets in New England+1.4% · of 24
#14Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in New England2.1 per 10,000 · of 23
#19Counties with the most jobs in AI-exposed sectors in New England14% · of 31
#20Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in New England44% · of 42

Barnstable 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 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.8%, unchanged from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+937 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Barnstable County

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Barnstable County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Barnstable 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 Barnstable 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.

HII Mission Technologies20 open roles
HII Mission Technologies division4 open roles
Michael Page4 open roles
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution3 open roles
Huntington Ingalls Industries2 open roles
Invited2 open roles
Massachusetts Maritime Academy2 open roles
Pyramid Global Hospitality2 open roles
SiteOne Landscape Supply2 open roles
Unifirst2 open roles

Colleges in Barnstable County

Colleges in Barnstable County
College	City	Type	Students
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Buzzards Bay	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

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

Cape & Islands Workforce Board
Towns: Aquinnah, Barnstable Town, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Chilmark, Dennis, Eastham, Edgartown, Falmouth, Harwich, Mashpee, Nantucket, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Tisbury, Truro, Wellfleet, West Tisbury, Yarmouth

MassHire Cape and Islands Career Center Hyannis
Hyannis · Comprehensive · 508-771-5627
Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm

Cities in Barnstable County

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

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