Yates County, NY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Yates County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Yates County economy

3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.0% the month before
12,261
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
24,637
people in Yates County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,521
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Yates 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 3.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 0.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.0%, unchanged from a year ago

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Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
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Yates County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Yates 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 Yates 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.

Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)1 open role

Colleges in Yates County

Colleges in Yates County
College	City	Type	Students
Keuka College	Keuka Park	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Yates 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- Yates
Penn Yan · Affiliate · 315-536-5140
Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 4:00pm

Cities in Yates 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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