Dayton, WA jobs, layoffs and employers

5 open professional jobs in Dayton. Dayton is in Columbia County.

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Jobs in Dayton

Senior Engineer - Generation Electrical & ControlsPuget Sound Energy
Engineer III - Generation Electrical & ControlsPuget Sound Energy
Electrical Controls Engineer - Generation (Wind & Solar)Puget Sound Energy
Engineer II - Generation Electrical & ControlsPuget Sound Energy
Engineer I - Generation Electrical & ControlsPuget Sound Energy

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Employers hiring most in Dayton

Puget Sound Energy5 open roles

Dayton layoffs

No layoff notices naming Dayton 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.

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Columbia County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Population up 4.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.2%, down 0.4 points from a year ago

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Workforce development and job centers

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

Eastern Washington Partnership Workforce Dev. Council
Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman

Columbia County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
1,695
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
3,996
people in Columbia County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,528
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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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