Cheney, WA jobs, layoffs and employers
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Employers hiring most in Cheney
- Heico4 open roles
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- Lucix1 open role
Cheney layoffs
No layoff notices naming Cheney 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.
Colleges in Cheney
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Washington University | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Spokane 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 1.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,221 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+1,073 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−959 jobs), construction (−917 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Cheney. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Alaska Airlines plans permanent job cuts in Renton, SeaTac and SpokaneKOMO on MSN · Nov 3, 2026
- Alaska Layoffs to Affect 121 Workers Across Washingtonairguide · Nov 3, 2026
- Woodinville manufacturing plant to close, laying off 103 workersYahoo · Oct 31, 2026
- Starbucks To Lay Off 51 Employees and Close 5 Stores Across WashingtonLatestLY · Oct 10, 2026
Learn and get funded in Cheney
- 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.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Cheney. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Washington? How to file for unemployment in Washington (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Spokane Workforce Council
Spokane
Spokane County economy
3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
261,925
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
544,323
people in Spokane County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$73,513
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Washington’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Washington unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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