Chester, PA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Chester

• Manager, LabVerano Holdings
• Program Coordinator (K-6)FullBloom
• Administrative AssistantAmergis Healthcare
• Program CoordinatorCityTeam
• Sales Engineer - Recent GraduateSchmidt Industrial Services
• Executive Director, Data & AI Governance, Architecture and ProductsComcast
• Director, Center for EducationWidener
• Manager, Ocean ExportDSV
• Medical Director Psychiatrist | Addiction Residential Services | KeyStone Center |Chester, PennsylvaniaUniversal Hospital Services
• Manager of Clinical ServicesUniversal Hospital Services

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Employers hiring most in Chester

1. Universal Hospital Services2 open roles
2. Amergis Healthcare1 open role
3. CityTeam1 open role
4. Comcast1 open role
5. DSV1 open role
6. FullBloom1 open role
7. Schmidt Industrial Services1 open role
8. Verano Holdings1 open role
9. Widener1 open role

Chester layoffs

• 3

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 546

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 2

  employers

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in Chester

Delaware 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 0.3% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 0.8% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.3%, down 1.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,826 jobs), hotels & food (+1,280 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,297 jobs), finance & insurance (−1,225 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Chester

• 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.

Workforce development and job centers

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

• Delaware County Workforce Development Board

  Delaware

• PA CareerLink - Delaware County at Chester City

  Chester · Comprehensive · 610-447-3350

  8am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday

Delaware County economy

• 3.3%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.5% the month before

• 310,040

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 576,195

  people in Delaware County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $88,576

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 47%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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