Williamsport, PA jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Medical DirectorThe Animal Hospital on the Golden Strip
- Automation EngineerWest Pharmaceutical Services
- Process EngineerWest Pharmaceutical Services
- Quality EngineerWest Pharmaceutical Services
- Senior Supply Chain ManagerWest Pharmaceutical Services
- HSE SpecialistWest Pharmaceutical Services
- Dining Room Manager, Le JeunePennsylvania College of Technology
- Admissions Counselor / Assistant Director of AdmissionsLycoming College
- Assistant Director of Career & Professional Development (STEM Fields)Lycoming College
- ControllerLycoming College
Employers hiring most in Williamsport
- West Pharmaceutical Services5 open roles
- Lycoming College3 open roles
- UPMC3 open roles
- Applied Industrial Technologies1 open role
- Client Growth Resources1 open role
- Confidential1 open role
- Family Dollar1 open role
- Opportunities1 open role
- Pennsylvania College of Technology1 open role
- PRECISION DRILLING1 open role
Williamsport layoffs
No layoff notices naming Williamsport 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 Williamsport
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lycoming College | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Pennsylvania College of Technology | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Lycoming 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 down 1.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.1%, down 1.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+824 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−313 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Williamsport. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
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- Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board doing business as Advance Central PA
Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union
PA CareerLink - Lycoming County
Williamsport · Comprehensive · 570-601-5465
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Lycoming County economy
3.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
52,951
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
113,570
people in Lycoming County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,412
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
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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