Butler, PA jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Butler
- Staff AccountantCivicMinds
- USPS Hiring - Mail Carrier - City - Entry Level WelcomePostal Recruiters
- Procurement ManagerJSP International
- Office Coordinator - ENT (Butler, PA)UPMC
- Army Reserve Administrator (GS-9)U.S. Army Reserve Command
- Rehabilitation Counselor (GS-9/11)Veterans Health Administration
- Accounts Payable SpecialistHunter Hamilton
- Head of Annual Giving & Donor EngagementJefferson
- Program Manager Head Start - Butler CountyEarly Learning Connections
- Experience ManagerUlta Beauty
Employers hiring most in Butler
- Nextier Bank, National Association3 open roles
- Veterans Health Administration2 open roles
- CivicMinds1 open role
- Early Learning Connections1 open role
- Hunter Hamilton1 open role
- Jefferson1 open role
- JSP International1 open role
- Postal Recruiters1 open role
- U.S. Army Reserve Command1 open role
- Ulta Beauty1 open role
Butler layoffs
No layoff notices naming Butler 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.
Luzerne 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 1.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.1%, down 1.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,310 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−888 jobs), retail (−643 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Butler. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Pennsylvania? How to file for unemployment in Pennsylvania (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Luzerne/Schuykill County Workforce Investment Board
Luzerne, Schuylkill
PA CareerLink - Butler County
Butler · Comprehensive · 724-431-4000
Mon - Fri 8:30 am - 3:30pm
Luzerne County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.3% the month before
163,567
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
325,978
people in Luzerne County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,321
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Pennsylvania’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Pennsylvania unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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