Richland, WA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Accreditation Program Manager - Quality Care ManagementProvidence Hall
- Director Surgical Services - Richland, WAProvidence Hall
- Project Controls Manager/Integrated Delivery Manager-Kiewit Nuclear Solutions-Lenexa, KSKiewit Infrastructure West
- Fundraising Coordinator - 2025770World Relief Corporation O National
- SUPERVISORY CASE PROCESSING SPECIALIST (Richland, WA)GEO Group
- Manager, Project EngineeringAecon U.S.
- Chief EngineerVNS Federal Services
- Integrated Supply Chain Manager (ISCM) IICity-State
- Program Planning/Scheduling AnalystProsidian Consultng
- Groundwater Program AnalystProsidian Consultng
Employers hiring most in Richland
- Battelle Memorial Institute (PNNL)34 open roles
- Sargent & Lundy11 open roles
- Prosidian Consultng8 open roles
- Aecon Group5 open roles
- AKS Engineering5 open roles
- Bechtel3 open roles
- Apex Companies2 open roles
- Gesa2 open roles
- Aecon U.S.1 open role
- Apollo1 open role
Richland layoffs
No layoff notices naming Richland 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.
Where Richland ranks
Where Richland placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #4Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Pacific Northwest13% · of 17
- #4Best cities for junior jobs in Washington32% · of 12
- #4Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Pacific Northwest58% · of 17
- #6Best cities for junior jobs in the Pacific Northwest32% · of 17
- #9Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Pacific Northwest54 openings · of 14
- #16Best cities for junior jobs in the West Coast32% · of 71
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)
Learn and get funded in Richland
- 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 Richland. 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
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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