Peekskill, NY jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Service ManagerDandelion Energy
- Social Services Coordinator and Office Assistant (Peekskill Corps)The Salvation Army
Employers hiring most in Peekskill
- Dandelion Energy1 open role
- The Salvation Army1 open role
Peekskill layoffs
No layoff notices naming Peekskill 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.
Colleges in Peekskill
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Westchester 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 5.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+11,204 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+7,381 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−2,112 jobs), manufacturing (−1,794 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Peekskill. 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).
- Westchester Putnam Workforce Development Board
Putnam, Westchester
- Yonkers Workforce Development Board
City: Yonkers
Westchester County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
541,409
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
996,888
people in Westchester County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$118,411
median household income
Source: Census ACS
53%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from New York’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. New York unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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