Benton County, OR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Benton County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 32 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Benton County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.8% the month before
49,221
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
96,359
people in Benton County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$76,011
median household income
Source: Census ACS
51%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Benton County ranks

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

November 2026

#4Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Pacific Northwest51% · of 43
#9Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the West Coast51% · of 86
#17Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Pacific Northwest−0.9 points · of 39
#18Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Pacific Northwest3.9% · of 43
#18Counties where unemployment fell the most in the West Coast−0.9 points · of 77
#18Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Pacific Northwest5.2 per 10,000 · of 37

Benton County outlook: Building

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

Private-sector jobs up 0.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.9%, down 0.9 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,014 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−526 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Benton 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.

Benton County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Benton 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 Benton 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.

HP13 open roles
Albertsons Companies2 open roles
Chipotle Mexican Grill2 open roles
Confidential2 open roles
Safeway2 open roles
Astound Broadband1 open role
BMW1 open role
ICF International1 open role
JSR Micro1 open role
National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions)1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Benton County

Oregon State University5,001–20,000 employees

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

Colleges in Benton County

Colleges in Benton County
College	City	Type	Students
Oregon State University	Corvallis	Public 4-year	20,000+

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Benton County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Oregon? How to file for unemployment in Oregon (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Oregon Northwest Workforce Investment Board
Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Lincoln, Tillamook

WorkSource Oregon - Corvallis
Corvallis · Comprehensive · 541-757-4261
Mon - Fri 8:30am - 5pm

Cities in Benton County

Corvallis32 jobs

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Oregon’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Oregon unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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