Columbia County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Columbia County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 17 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Independent page. Not from or affiliated with the State of Pennsylvania.

Looking for work in Pennsylvania? See where you stand.

Not sure you match what employers here are hiring for? Get a free read on your fit, the jobs open near you and a plan for the weeks ahead.

Show me jobs near me

Columbia County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.7% the month before
31,738
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
65,055
people in Columbia County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,992
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Columbia County ranks

Where Columbia County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#10Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Northeast9.1 per 10,000 · of 100
#13Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Mid-Atlantic9.1 per 10,000 · of 100

Columbia 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 1.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.5%, down 1.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+454 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−336 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Columbia County

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.

Columbia County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Columbia County 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Columbia County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Westinghouse Electric7 open roles
Post Consumer Brands2 open roles
Westinghouse Electric Company2 open roles
Arconic1 open role
Brookdale Senior Living1 open role
Custom Filters Direct1 open role
Jobot1 open role
SRS Distribution1 open role
World Wide Technology1 open role

Colleges in Columbia County

Colleges in Columbia County
College	City	Type	Students
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania	Bloomsburg	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Columbia County. 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).

Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Board doing business as Advance Central PA
Centre, Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder, Union

PA CareerLink - Columbia/Montour County
Bloomsburg · Affiliate · 570-387-6288
Mon, Thur, 8:30am - 4:30pm; Tues, Wed, Fri 8:30am - 12:30pm

Cities in Columbia County

Other Pennsylvania counties

All of Pennsylvania

Laid off or looking for work in Columbia County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Pennsylvania’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Pennsylvania unemployment benefits and severance rules.

Applying and hearing nothing back?

Find out where you stand: your odds, the jobs that fit you and a plan for the week ahead. Free. No résumé needed.

Already a member? Log in

Get my Market Reality Assessment

Job seekers in Columbia County looking to you for help, or openings you cannot fill?

Leave your work email. We'll send how organizations use NextChapter to reach job seekers in Columbia County.

See how organizations use it