New Castle, PA jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Manager Operations - PA Operations - New Castle Service Building/Cranberry Service BuildingFirstEnergy Akron
- Sales EngineerGables Search Group
- Lead Generation SpecialistEPIC Insurance Brokers
- HR CoordinatorInternational Paper
- Territory Manager - New Castle, PAR.J. Reynolds Tobacco
- Accounts Receivable Specialist - Hybrid PositionNorthwell Health
- Executive Director, IT Infrastructure & Enterprise SupportEllwood Group
- AI Innovation EngineerEllwood Group
- Process EngineerFirmaPak
Employers hiring most in New Castle
- Ellwood Group2 open roles
- EPIC Insurance Brokers1 open role
- FirmaPak1 open role
- FirstEnergy Akron1 open role
- Gables Search Group1 open role
- International Paper1 open role
- Northwell Health1 open role
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco1 open role
New Castle layoffs
No layoff notices naming New Castle 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.
Schuylkill 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 3.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, down 1.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,165 jobs), hotels & food (+417 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−370 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving New Castle. 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 - Lawrence County
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Schuylkill County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.1% the month before
67,087
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
143,259
people in Schuylkill County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,901
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
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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