Steuben County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Steuben County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 19 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Steuben County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
40,319
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
93,034
people in Steuben County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,740
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Steuben County ranks

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

November 2026

#3Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Northeast12.7 per 10,000 · of 100
#3Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Mid-Atlantic12.7 per 10,000 · of 100
#9Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Northeast7 per 100 · of 51
#16Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person12.7 per 10,000 · of 100
#18Counties with the most jobs in AI-exposed sectors in the Northeast23% · of 100
#19Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Mid-Atlantic7 per 100 · of 66

Steuben County outlook: Cooling

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs down 2.3% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 1.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+465 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−693 jobs), manufacturing (−607 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Steuben 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.

Steuben County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Steuben 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 Steuben 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.

Alstom5 open roles
Amazon1 open role
Anchor Hocking1 open role
Corning Museum of Glass1 open role
DSG Global1 open role
Erie Insurance1 open role
Five Star Bank1 open role
Guthrie Cortland Medical Center1 open role
Hillside Family of Agencies1 open role
Iconma1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Chemung/Schuyler/Steuben Counties Workforce Development Board
Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben

Bath Career Center, CSS Workforce NY
Bath · Affiliate · 607-776-7712
Walk-Ins:Mon-Thurs 9 am-4 pm Fri 9 am-12 pm; Appointments: Fri 1 pm-4 pm Closed daily 12 pm -1pm
Hornell Career Center, CSS Workforce NY
Hornell · Affiliate · 607-324-8388
M-F: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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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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