Poulsbo, WA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Branch ManagerKeyBank
- Ocean Engineering ManagerLeidos
- Senior Ocean EngineerLeidos
- Senior Systems EngineerRTX
- Public Works Contract & Grants ManagerCity of Poulsbo, Washington
- Administrative Assistant to AVP for WWU PeninsulasWestern Washington University
- Merchandising SpecialistO'Reilly Auto Parts
Employers hiring most in Poulsbo
- Leidos2 open roles
- City of Poulsbo, Washington1 open role
- KeyBank1 open role
- O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
- RTX1 open role
- Western Washington University1 open role
Poulsbo layoffs
No layoff notices naming Poulsbo 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.
Kitsap 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 0.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.5%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+985 jobs), other services (+316 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−500 jobs), construction (−426 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Poulsbo. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Kitsap County sales tax hike approved to prevent public safety cutsKitsap Sun on MSN · Oct 13, 2026
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Kitsap County economy
3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
120,336
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
276,581
people in Kitsap County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$98,546
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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