Scranton, PA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Sr. Ops Analyst - Escrow Management Service - Escrow OperationsBank of America
- Territory Manager-ScrantonRidgemont Resources
- Wealth Management Client AssociateBank of America
- Production Supervisor - NightsJames Hardie Industries
- Specialty Account Manager, Symbravo (Scranton, PA)Axsome Therapeutics
- Sr Director, ProgramsGeneral Dynamics OTS
- Sr Manager, FinanceGeneral Dynamics OTS
- Manager, FinanceGeneral Dynamics OTS
- Procurement Specialist IIGeneral Dynamics OTS
- Financial Analyst IIGeneral Dynamics OTS
Employers hiring most in Scranton
- General Dynamics OTS7 open roles
- Bank of America3 open roles
- Confidential2 open roles
- Geisinger2 open roles
- General Dynamics2 open roles
- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems2 open roles
- Adams Outdoor Advertising1 open role
- Altruix1 open role
- Avenues Recovery1 open role
- Axsome Therapeutics1 open role
Scranton layoffs
No layoff notices naming Scranton 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.
Colleges in Scranton
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lackawanna College | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Marywood University | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| University of Scranton | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Yeshivath Beth Moshe | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Lackawanna 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 3.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, down 1.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,293 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+1,075 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−478 jobs), finance & insurance (−461 jobs)
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PA CareerLink - Lackawanna County
Scranton · Comprehensive · 570-963-4671
Monday - Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
Lackawanna County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
105,925
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
215,834
people in Lackawanna County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,691
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
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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