Tioga County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Tioga County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 36 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Tioga County economy

  • 3.6%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.4% the month before

  • 22,411

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 48,106

    people in Tioga County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $71,791

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Tioga 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 0.1% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 1.9% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.6%, up 0.2 points from a year ago

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Tioga County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Tioga 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 Tioga 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. Sikorsky Aircraft10 open roles
  2. Lockheed Martin Services6 open roles
  3. Butler5 open roles
  4. Lockheed Martin5 open roles
  5. Lockheed Martin Services5 open roles
  6. Sikorsky Aircraft3 open roles
  7. Lockheed Martin1 open role
  8. Lockheed Martin1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Tioga Career Center

    Owego · Comprehensive · 607-687-8500

    M-F : 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 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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