Oak Harbor, WA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Front End Entry LevelAlbertsons Companies
- Production ControllerTyonek Aircraft Overhaul
- Front End Entry LevelSafeway
- Systems Administrator / Principal Systems Administrator - Top Secret (Whidbey Island WA)Northrop Grumman
Employers hiring most in Oak Harbor
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- Northrop Grumman1 open role
- Safeway1 open role
- Tyonek Aircraft Overhaul1 open role
Oak Harbor layoffs
No layoff notices naming Oak Harbor 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.
Island 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 up 2.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Oak Harbor. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Comcast to lay off nearly 160 workers in WA, includes positions in BellinghamMy Bellingham Now · Nov 2, 2026
- Why are so many Bellingham restaurants closing? What one local broker has to sayThe Bellingham Herald on MSN · Oct 26, 2026
- In an age of news deserts and ghost papers, what’s next for McClatchy?KUOW · Oct 15, 2026
Learn and get funded in Oak Harbor
- 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 Oak Harbor. 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).
- Northwest Workforce Council
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Island County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.0% the month before
35,421
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
86,747
people in Island County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$88,358
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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