Wayne County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wayne County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Wayne County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
46,006
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
91,128
people in Wayne County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$73,914
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wayne 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 4.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 0.1% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.4%, unchanged from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+630 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−362 jobs)

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Wayne County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Wayne 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 Wayne 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.

Ultralife6 open roles
Creation Technologies1 open role
Creation Technologies International1 open role
Enpro1 open role
The Arc Wayne1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Finger Lakes Workforce Investment Board, Inc.
Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, Yates

Finger Lakes Works - Newark
Newark · Comprehensive
M-F: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Cities in Wayne County

Newark9 jobs

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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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