Broome County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Broome County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 118 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Broome County economy

4.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.2% the month before
86,962
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
197,738
people in Broome County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,059
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Broome 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 4.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 1.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.4%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,950 jobs), construction (+349 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−643 jobs), other services (−373 jobs)

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Broome County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Broome 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.

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Employers hiring most in Broome 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.

BAE Systems48 open roles
Ensco4 open roles
Guthrie Cortland Medical Center4 open roles
Bose3 open roles
CRH Public3 open roles
Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)3 open roles
Ametek Inc/2 open roles
Ametek SCP2 open roles
Brookdale Senior Living2 open roles
Charter Communications2 open roles

Colleges in Broome County

Colleges in Broome County
College	City	Type	Students
Binghamton University	Vestal	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Broome 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).

Broome-Tioga Workforce NY Development Board
Broome, Tioga

Broome-Tioga Workforce New York
Johnson City · Comprehensive · 607-778-2136
Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm

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Sources: 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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