Venango County, PA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

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Show me jobs near meVenango County economy
3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
20,355
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
50,096
people in Venango County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,626
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Venango 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 down 2.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 2.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.2%, down 1.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+333 jobs)
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Venango County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Venango 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 Venango 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 Electric Company4 open roles
- Addison Group1 open role
- Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
- Creative Financial Staffing1 open role
- Emerson Electric1 open role
- Global Channel Management1 open role
- Knichel Logistics1 open role
- Matric1 open role
- Palm Harbor Homes1 open role
- PEAK Technical Services1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Venango 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).
- NWPA Job Connect/Northwest Workforce Development Board
Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Venango, Warren
PA CareerLink - Oil Region
Franklin · Comprehensive · 814-678-5050
8:30am to 4:30pm Mon-Fri
Cities in Venango 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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