Otsego County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Otsego County’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 12 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Otsego County economy

4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
28,315
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
59,738
people in Otsego County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,086
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Otsego County ranks

Where Otsego County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#17Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Northeast8.1 per 10,000 · of 100
#23Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Mid-Atlantic8.1 per 10,000 · of 100

Otsego 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 3.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.3%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+338 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Otsego County. Each link goes to the publisher.

Ransomware Attack Confirmed; Incident Under Investigationallotsego · Oct 29, 2026
City considers layoffs to stay under tax capYahoo · Oct 28, 2026

Learn and get funded in Otsego 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.

Otsego County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Otsego 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Otsego 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.

Hartwick College4 open roles
Bassett Healthcare Network2 open roles
Bassett Healthcare1 open role
Casella Waste Systems1 open role
Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
Maverick Construction1 open role
Northeast Grocery1 open role
SUNY Oneonta1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Otsego County

Primo Brands5,001–20,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Otsego County

Colleges in Otsego County
College	City	Type	Students
SUNY Oneonta	Oneonta	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999
Hartwick College	Oneonta	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Chenango, Delaware and Otsego Workforce Development Board
Chenango, Delaware, Otsego

CDO Workforce Center
Oneonta · Comprehensive · 607-432-4800
M-F: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Cities in Otsego County

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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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