Polk County, OR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Polk County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 12 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Polk County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.9% the month before
47,883
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
88,553
people in Polk County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$81,318
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Polk County ranks

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

November 2026

#2Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Pacific Northwest7 per 100 · of 11
#5Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the West Coast7 per 100 · of 35
#16Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Pacific Northwest−0.9 points · of 39
#17Counties where unemployment fell the most in the West Coast−0.9 points · of 77
#17Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Pacific Northwest5.2 per 10,000 · of 37
#18Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Pacific Northwest39% · of 43

Polk 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 down 2.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.0%, down 0.9 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+388 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−496 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Polk 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.

Polk County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Polk 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 Polk 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.

CyberCoders2 open roles
Albertsons Companies1 open role
Charter Communications1 open role
Iterative Scopes1 open role
MRINetwork Jobs1 open role
Obrien Engineering1 open role
Oregon Health & Science University1 open role
Safeway1 open role
Sparx Engineering1 open role
Syska Hennessy Group1 open role

Colleges in Polk County

Colleges in Polk County
College	City	Type	Students
Western Oregon University	Monmouth	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Willamette Workforce Partnership Workforce Development Board
Linn, Marion, Polk, Yamhill

Worksource Oregon - Polk County
Dallas · Comprehensive · 503-831-1950
8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm M-F

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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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