Ulster County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ulster County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 561 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Ulster County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
90,042
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
182,109
people in Ulster County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$81,804
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Ulster County ranks

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

November 2026

#10Fastest-growing job markets in the Northeast+6.4% · of 100
#15Fastest-growing job markets in the Mid-Atlantic+6.4% · of 100

Ulster 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 6.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 1.1% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+927 jobs), hotels & food (+586 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Ulster 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.

Ulster County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Ulster 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 Ulster 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.

L3HARRIS Technologies75 open roles
Harris Health Strategic Fund40 open roles
Re Build Manufacturing18 open roles
Paychex17 open roles
Capital District Physicians Health Plan10 open roles
Excellus BCBS10 open roles
Ametek Inc/9 open roles
Howmet Aerospace9 open roles
Univera Healthcare9 open roles
Amazon8 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Ulster County

Paychex5,001–20,000 employees
University of Rochester5,001–20,000 employees
Rochester Institute of Technology1,001–5,000 employees

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

Colleges in Ulster County

Colleges in Ulster County
College	City	Type	Students
State University of New York at New Paltz	New Paltz	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999
Yeshiva of Ocean	Greenfield Park	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Conferences in Ulster County

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Ulster County. 1 with dates announced.

NYSAIS Annual Conference for Heads of School
Nov 3 to Nov 5, 2027 · New Paltz, NY
Paid ticket. Pricing not captured. NYSAIS also runs an admissions conference May 5-7, 2027.

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Workforce development and job centers

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

Ulster County Workforce Development Board
Ulster

Ulster County Career Center
Kingston · Comprehensive · 845-443-8066
M-F: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Cities in Ulster 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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