West Point, NY jobs, layoffs and employers
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No layoff notices naming West Point 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 West Point
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| United States Military Academy | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Orange County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 4.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 4.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,942 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+1,444 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−937 jobs), wholesale (−442 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in West Point. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Overnight ramp closures planned on Route 17 in GoshenMid Hudson News · Oct 10, 2026
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Orange County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
192,993
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
403,840
people in Orange County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$96,497
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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