Niagara, NY jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Project ManagerQuanta Services
Employers hiring most in Niagara
- Quanta Services1 open role
Niagara layoffs
2
Layoff notices, last 12 months
51
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Goodyear Tire and Rubber CompanyTakes effect Dec 30, 2026 | Niagara | 51 | Closure | State record | |
| VanDeMark Chemical Inc.Takes effect May 25, 2026 | Niagara | 0 | Closure | State record |
Niagara 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 down 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.3%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+809 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+561 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−784 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Niagara. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Goodyear to Shut Niagara Falls, Texas Chemical Plants, Cutting 85 JobsHoodline · Nov 6, 2026
- Goodyear closing chemical plants in Niagara Falls and Houston areaAkron Beacon Journal on MSN · Nov 5, 2026
- A number of Goodyear employees to be laid offAudacy on MSN · Oct 29, 2026
- County lawmakers eye pre-closure action at Falls Goodyear plantYahoo · Oct 20, 2026
- Activist groups demand accountability in Goodyear’s Niagara Falls plant closureThe Buffalo News · Oct 5, 2026
- Upstate NY chemical plant shutting down after 80 yearssyracuse.com · Oct 2, 2026
- Goodyear closing its Niagara Falls plantYahoo · Oct 1, 2026
- Goodyear to close Niagara Falls chemical plant by end of 2027The Business Journals · Oct 1, 2026
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- Niagara County WDB
Niagara
Niagara County economy
4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
100,390
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
211,341
people in Niagara County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,809
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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