Monroe County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meMonroe County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.1% the month before
84,313
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
167,784
people in Monroe County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$82,374
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Monroe County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 4.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 0.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, down 1.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,812 jobs), hotels & food (+599 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−374 jobs), transportation & warehousing (−334 jobs)
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Monroe County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Monroe 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.
Employers hiring most in Monroe 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.
- MAG Aerospace3 open roles
- BAYADA Home Health Care2 open roles
- U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command2 open roles
- Defense Logistics Agency1 open role
- Famous Smoke Shop1 open role
- NFI Industries1 open role
- St. Luke's University Health Network1 open role
- Technica1 open role
- UGI1 open role
- Voce1 open role
Colleges in Monroe County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania | East Stroudsburg | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Monroe 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).
- Pocono Counties Workforce Development Board
Carbon, Monroe, Pike, Wayne
PA CareerLink - Monroe County
Tannersville · Comprehensive · 570-620-2850
Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m - 4:30 p.m.
Cities in Monroe County
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.
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