Northampton County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Northampton County’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 117 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Northampton County economy

3.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
171,493
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
315,927
people in Northampton County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$86,687
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Northampton County ranks

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

November 2026

#8Best county job markets for job seekers in the Northeast67 / 100 · of 51
#15Best county job markets for job seekers in the Mid-Atlantic62 / 100 · of 64
#25Best counties for laid-off professionals in the Northeast47 / 100 · of 51

Northampton 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 4.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.3%, down 1.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,748 jobs), hotels & food (+918 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−1,137 jobs), admin & staffing (−435 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Northampton 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.

Northampton County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Northampton 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 Northampton 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.

Langan6 open roles
Coherent4 open roles
Guardian Life Insurance4 open roles
ASGCO Manufacturing3 open roles
Moravian Academy3 open roles
Rotatingmachinery3 open roles
Abacus Staffing2 open roles
Buzzi Unicem USA2 open roles
Community Bank, National Association2 open roles
Exalta Group2 open roles

Colleges in Northampton County

Colleges in Northampton County
College	City	Type	Students
Lehigh University	Bethlehem	Private non-profit 4-year	5,000–9,999
Lafayette College	Easton	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Moravian University	Bethlehem	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
International Institute for Restorative Practices	Bethlehem	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Board Lehigh Valley
Lehigh, Northampton

Cities in Northampton County

Other Pennsylvania counties

All of Pennsylvania

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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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