Niagara County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

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

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 County. 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

Learn and get funded in Niagara County

• 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.

Niagara County layoffs

• 2

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 51

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 2

  employers

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Niagara 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.

1. Cascades2 open roles
2. Seneca Gaming2 open roles
3. Acturhire1 open role
4. Adecco Group1 open role
5. Amazon1 open role
6. Davron1 open role
7. EquipmentShare1 open role
8. EquipmentShare.com1 open role
9. HHM Hotels (NYC Corporate)1 open role
10. Indian Health Service1 open role

Colleges in Niagara County

Workforce development and job centers

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

• Niagara County WDB

  Niagara

• Lockport WorkforceOne Center

  Lockport · Affiliate · 716-433-6766

  Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (by appointment)

• Niagara

  Niagara Falls · Comprehensive · 716-278-8108

  M - F: 8:30 a.m. - 3;00 p.m. Closed from 12:00-1:00 to clean

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