Union County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Union County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Union County economy

2.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.0% the month before
17,851
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
42,570
people in Union County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$72,894
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Union 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 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 0.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 2.9%, down 1.1 points from a year ago

Learn and get funded in Union County

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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.

Union County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Union 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 Union 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.

Confidential1 open role
Ritz-Craft1 open role
Ritz-Craft Corporation Management1 open role

Colleges in Union County

Colleges in Union County
College	City	Type	Students
Bucknell University	Lewisburg	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Union 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

Cities in Union County

Lewisburg1 jobs

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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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