Umatilla County, OR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Umatilla County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 34 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Umatilla County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.1% the month before
37,926
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
80,087
people in Umatilla County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$68,958
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Umatilla County ranks

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

November 2026

#2Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Pacific Northwest13.3 per 10,000 · of 37
#4Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the West Coast13.3 per 10,000 · of 79
#8Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Pacific Northwest−1.1 points · of 39
#9Counties where unemployment fell the most in the West Coast−1.1 points · of 77
#15Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person13.3 per 10,000 · of 100
#21Counties with the most jobs in AI-exposed sectors in the Pacific Northwest11% · of 30

Umatilla 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 2.8% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.0%, down 1.1 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+600 jobs), construction (+349 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−385 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Umatilla 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.

Umatilla County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Umatilla 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 Umatilla 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.

Amazon22 open roles
Albertsons Companies2 open roles
Granite Construction2 open roles
Safeway2 open roles
Walmart2 open roles
Atkore1 open role
CHS1 open role
Lamb Weston Holdings1 open role
Memorial Medical Center1 open role
Remora1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Eastern Oregon Workforce Board
Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa

WorkSource Oregon Hermiston
Hermiston · Affiliate · 541-684-2494
8:30am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday
WorkSource Oregon - Pendleton
Pendleton · Affiliate · 541-684-2343
Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Cities in Umatilla County

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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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