Spanaway, WA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Journeyman Network EngineerTrace Systems
- Junior Network EngineerTrace Systems
- Outside Sales RepresentativeBuilders FirstSource
- Pharmacy Manager — Flexible Hours & BenefitsSpecialty Medical Staffing
- Area Manager IIAmazon
Employers hiring most in Spanaway
- Trace Systems2 open roles
- Amazon1 open role
- Builders FirstSource1 open role
- Specialty Medical Staffing1 open role
Spanaway layoffs
No layoff notices naming Spanaway 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.
Pierce 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 3.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.1%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+5,878 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+2,531 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: construction (−1,395 jobs), retail (−1,155 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Spanaway. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Tacoma Youth Psychiatric Unit Closing Nov. 21, Cutting Quarter of State's BedsHoodline · Oct 27, 2026
- Starbucks Layoffs: WARN Notice Reveals 135 Job Cuts Across Seattle and SEA AirportLatestLY · Oct 26, 2026
- Starbucks in SEA Airport’s Terminal A to close, affecting 13 employeesKIRO 7 News Seattle on MSN · Oct 24, 2026
- Heading to Gig Harbor westbound on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge? Pack a snackGig Harbor Now · Oct 22, 2026
- In an age of news deserts and ghost papers, what’s next for McClatchy?KUOW · Oct 15, 2026
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in Washington? How to file for unemployment in Washington (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
Pierce County economy
5.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.1% the month before
499,802
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
924,106
people in Pierce County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$96,632
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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