Issaquah, WA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Issaquah

• Production PlannerSanMar
• Sales ManagerLa-Z-Boy
• Retail Inventory Control ManagerAlbertsons Companies
• Front End Entry LevelAlbertsons Companies
• Forward Deployed Engineer - Adobe Experience PlatformScion Staffing
• Software Test EngineerActalent
• Senior AccountantBHI Energy
• Lead Quality Engineer - Travel Portfolio - Costco TravelCostco (IT)
• Lead Software Engineer - Costco TravelCostco (IT)
• AVP - Joint Operations & Cybersecurity CenterCostco (IT)

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Employers hiring most in Issaquah

1. Costco (IT)8 open roles
2. Albertsons Companies2 open roles
3. Safeway2 open roles
4. Actalent1 open role
5. BHI Energy1 open role
6. La-Z-Boy1 open role
7. Lakeside Industries1 open role
8. Redcloudconsulting1 open role
9. SanMar1 open role
10. Scion Staffing1 open role

Issaquah layoffs

No layoff notices naming Issaquah 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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King 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 2.2% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 3.1% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.8%, unchanged from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+11,084 jobs), hotels & food (+8,764 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−15,882 jobs), professional & technical (−10,716 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Issaquah. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Boeing announces pending layoffs. Why now and what’s next?KUOW · Nov 9, 2026
• From paper routes to fighter jets: Shield AI’s bet on Seattle is a homecoming for its co-foundersGeekWire on MSN · Nov 9, 2026
• Weekly papers in south King County are consolidating. History shows layoff may come nextKUOW · Nov 5, 2026
• Amazon filing details 95 Washington layoffs through JanuaryMyNorthwest · Nov 3, 2026
• Axios live: How employers are rethinking AI's role in entry-level workAxios on MSN · Oct 30, 2026
• Blue Origin leases former Bartell Drugs warehouse south of Seattle for new manufacturing siteGeekWire on MSN · Oct 28, 2026
• Starbucks Layoffs: WARN Notice Reveals 135 Job Cuts Across Seattle and SEA AirportLatestLY · Oct 26, 2026
• Starbucks in SEA Airport’s Terminal A to close, affecting 13 employeesKIRO 7 News Seattle on MSN · Oct 24, 2026

Learn and get funded in Issaquah

• 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 Issaquah. 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).

• Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County

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King County economy

• 4.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.8% the month before

• 1,373,697

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 2,262,713

  people in King County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $122,148

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 58%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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