Ellensburg, WA jobs, layoffs and employers

4 open professional jobs in Ellensburg. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Ellensburg is in Kittitas County.

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Jobs in Ellensburg

Retail Sr Area Sales ManagerOwens Corning
Front End Entry LevelSafeway
Team LeadTractor Supply

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Employers hiring most in Ellensburg

Owens Corning1 open role
Safeway1 open role
Tractor Supply1 open role

Ellensburg layoffs

1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
109
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

Layoff notices filed in Ellensburg, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Aug 21, 2026	Twin City Foods, Inc.Takes effect Nov 2, 2026	Ellensburg	109	Layoff	State record

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Colleges in Ellensburg

Colleges in Ellensburg
College	Type	Students
Central Washington University	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999

Kittitas 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 5.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.7%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: arts & recreation (+503 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Ellensburg. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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South Central Workforce Development Council
Kittitas, Klickitat, Skamania, Yakima

WorkSource Kittitas County
Ellensburg · Affiliate · 509-690-5311
Monday - Thursday, 8:30am - 5:00pm; Friday - CLOSED

Kittitas County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
22,251
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
44,736
people in Kittitas County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,928
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
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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