Montgomery County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Montgomery County’s unemployment rate is 2.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1,093 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Montgomery County economy

2.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
482,355
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
861,225
people in Montgomery County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$111,521
median household income
Source: Census ACS
54%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Montgomery County ranks

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

November 2026

#6Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Mid-Atlantic2.7% · of 100
#7Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Northeast8 per 100 · of 51
#9Best county job markets for job seekers in the Northeast65 / 100 · of 51
#9Counties with the most jobs in AI-exposed sectors in the Northeast29% · of 100
#11Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Northeast54% · of 100
#12Best county job markets for job seekers in the Mid-Atlantic66 / 100 · of 64

Montgomery 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 0.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 2.7%, down 1.0 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+8,196 jobs), hotels & food (+1,697 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−7,273 jobs), finance & insurance (−2,720 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Montgomery 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.

Montgomery County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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.

GSK53 open roles
Johnson & Johnson35 open roles
Lockheed Martin Services26 open roles
Cencora18 open roles
Sikorsky Aircraft17 open roles
Universal Hospital Services16 open roles
Lockheed Martin Services15 open roles
Veeco Instruments15 open roles
Globus Medical14 open roles
Honeywell Aerospace14 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Montgomery County

Universal Health Services100,000+ employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Montgomery County

Colleges in Montgomery County
College	City	Type	Students
American College of Financial Services	King of Prussia	Private non-profit 4-year	5,000–9,999
Arcadia University	Glenside	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Bryn Mawr College	Bryn Mawr	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Gwynedd Mercy University	Gwynedd Valley	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington	Abington	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999
Salus University	Elkins Park	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Ursinus College	Collegeville	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Westminster Theological Seminary	Glenside	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church	Bryn Athyn	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000
Gratz College	Melrose Park	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000
Reconstructionist Rabbinical College	Wyncote	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000
Rosemont College	Rosemont	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary-Overbrook	Ambler	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Episcopal Church	Oreland	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Montgomery 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).

Montgomery County Workforce Development Board
Montgomery

PA CareerLink - Montgomery County
Norristown · Comprehensive · 610-270-3429
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 8:30am - 4:30pm; Wed 10:30am - 4:30pm

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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.

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