Kennewick, WA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Director ICUTrios Health
- Inside Sales Representative - MillworkBuilders FirstSource
- Senior Commercial Relationship ManagerBanner
- Assistant Branch ManagerBanner Bank
- Marketing Coordinator Apple Valley News Now | Phase 3 Digital | Kennewick, WAMorgan Murphy Media
- Oncology Nurse Navigator Program ManagerProvidence Health & Service
- Electrical Designer - Leadjub.com
- Senior/Principal Mechanical Design Engineer - NuclearEnercon
- Senior Operations ManagerDave & Buster
- Marketing CoordinatorMorgan Murphy Media
Employers hiring most in Kennewick
- Enercon5 open roles
- LifePoint Health2 open roles
- Morgan Murphy Media2 open roles
- Banner1 open role
- Banner Bank1 open role
- Builders FirstSource1 open role
- Butler Recruitment Group1 open role
- Charter Communications1 open role
- Dave & Buster1 open role
- Eaton1 open role
Kennewick layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
68
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maverick Washington LLC / Coyote Bobs CasinoTakes effect Nov 30, 2026 | Kennewick | 68 | Closure | State record |
Benton 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 5.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.5%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,110 jobs), professional & technical (+1,129 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: hotels & food (−460 jobs), retail (−406 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kennewick. 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).
- Benton-Franklin Workforce Development Council
Benton, Franklin
WorkSource Columbia Basin (Tri-Cities)
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Benton County economy
3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
105,654
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
210,224
people in Benton County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$87,316
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
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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