Dukes County, MA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meDukes County economy
3.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
11,638
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
20,751
people in Dukes County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$102,348
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Dukes 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 down 0.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.3%, unchanged from a year ago
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Dukes County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Dukes 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.
Employers hiring most in Dukes 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.
- Massachusetts Audubon Society1 open role
- Massachusetts Maritime Academy1 open role
- UGI1 open role
- US LBM1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Dukes 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
Cities in Dukes County
Other Massachusetts counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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