Wasco County, OR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wasco County’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Wasco County economy

4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.2% the month before
12,769
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
26,603
people in Wasco County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,602
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wasco 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 0.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 1.1% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.3%, down 0.9 points from a year ago

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Wasco County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Wasco 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 Wasco 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.

Albertsons Companies1 open role
GXO Logistics1 open role
Kendall Howard1 open role
Parkerstaffing1 open role
Safeway1 open role
Technology Office1 open role
Waste Connections1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

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Cities in Wasco County

The Dalles7 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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