Nassau County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
718,633
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
1,388,138
people in Nassau County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$143,408
median household income
Source: Census ACS
50%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Nassau County ranks
Where Nassau County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
Nassau 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 2.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+9,168 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+3,993 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−2,623 jobs), information (−1,656 jobs)
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- 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.
Nassau County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Nassau 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 Nassau 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.
- Optimum Communications (Altice USA)32 open roles
- New York Institute Of Technology13 open roles
- Adelphi University10 open roles
- Bowman Williams10 open roles
- Catholic Health Long Island10 open roles
- Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits10 open roles
- Flagstar Bank, National Association9 open roles
- Standard Bots9 open roles
- Veeco Instruments9 open roles
- TTM Technologies7 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Nassau County
- Broadridge Financial Solutions5,001–20,000 employees
- Hofstra University1,001–5,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Colleges in Nassau County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hofstra University | Hempstead | Private non-profit 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
| Long Island University | Brookville | Private non-profit 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
| Adelphi University | Garden City | Private non-profit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| Molloy University | Rockville Centre | Private non-profit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| New York Institute of Technology | Old Westbury | Private non-profit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| SUNY Old Westbury | Old Westbury | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine | Manhasset | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| New York College of Health Professions | Syosset | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine | Mineola | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Rabbinical College of Long Island | Long Beach | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College | Lawrence | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| United States Merchant Marine Academy | Kings Point | Public 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Webb Institute | Glen Cove | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Nassau County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in New York? How to file for unemployment in New York (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Hempstead/Long Beach Workforce Development Board
Town: Hempstead
- Oyster Bay - North Hempstead - Glen Cove Workforce Investment Board
Nassau
HempsteadWorks Career Center
Hempstead · Comprehensive · 516-485-5000
M-F: 9:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.
Hicksville Career Center
Hicksville · Comprehensive · 516-934-8532
Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Massapequa Career Center
Massapequa · Comprehensive · 516-797-4560
Mon. - Fri. 9:00am - 4:30pm
Cities in Nassau County
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from New York’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. New York unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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