Shelton, WA jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Shelton
- Environmental Coordinator IIMichels
- Cancer Program Engagement CoordinatorSouth Puget Intertribal Planning Agency
- Front End Entry LevelAlbertsons Companies
- Actuary 2 or Actuary 3State of Washington
- Front End Entry LevelSafeway
Employers hiring most in Shelton
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- Michels1 open role
- Safeway1 open role
- South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency1 open role
- State of Washington1 open role
Shelton layoffs
No layoff notices naming Shelton 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.
Mason 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 1.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 7.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.2%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Shelton. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Comcast is cutting jobs in Olympia, Puyallup and elsewhere in WA, notice saysThe Olympian (TCA) on MSN · Oct 29, 2026
- In an age of news deserts and ghost papers, what’s next for McClatchy?KUOW · Oct 15, 2026
- WA representatives say there's no extra money to keep Olympia schools from closingThe Olympian on MSN · Oct 11, 2026
Learn and get funded in Shelton
- 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 Shelton. 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).
- Pacific Mountain Workforce Development Council
Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston
WorkSource Mason County
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Monday -Friday 9:00AM- 5:00pm
Mason County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
25,072
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
66,968
people in Mason County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$78,359
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
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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