Tumwater, WA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Project Manager, Substations - Michels Pacific Energy, Inc.Michels
- Project Manager, Transmission & Distribution - Michels Pacific Energy, Inc.Michels
- Senior Project Manager, Transmission & Distribution - Michels Pacific Energy, Inc.Michels
- Estimator, Substations - Michels Pacific Energy, Inc.Michels
- Risk Communications & Media Relations SpecialistWashington State Department of Health
- Quality Assurance ManagerProSidian Consulting
Employers hiring most in Tumwater
- Michels4 open roles
- ProSidian Consulting1 open role
- Washington State Department of Health1 open role
Tumwater layoffs
No layoff notices naming Tumwater 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.
Thurston 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 2.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,358 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+743 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−459 jobs), construction (−402 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Tumwater. 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
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- 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 Tumwater. 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
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Thurston County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
144,060
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
296,640
people in Thurston County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$93,985
median household income
Source: Census ACS
45%
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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