Yakima, WA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Yakima

• Tax ManagerBaker Tilly
• SUPERVISORY CASE PROCESSING SPECIALIST (Yakima, WA)GEO Group
• Restaurant FOH + BOH Manager Openings | Restaurant ManagementGecko Hospitality
• Regional Market Engineering ManagerTownsquare Media
• Dining Services ManagerBrookdale Senior Living
• Chief Financial OfficerTalent Works
• Branch ManagerWafd
• Senior Commercial Relationship ManagerBanner
• Head of AI-Driven SEO & Content GrowthThe Shield Co Management
• Multi-Media Account ExecutiveTownsquare Media

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Employers hiring most in Yakima

1. Talent Works2 open roles
2. Townsquare Media2 open roles
3. United States Army Installation Management Command2 open roles
4. Vought2 open roles
5. Adventurer Manufacturing1 open role
6. Albertsons Companies1 open role
7. Astound Broadband1 open role
8. Baker Tilly1 open role
9. Banner1 open role
10. BillionToOne1 open role

Yakima layoffs

• 3

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 215

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 3

  employers

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in Yakima

Yakima 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 down 0.3% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.0%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,383 jobs), professional & technical (+307 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−921 jobs)

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• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Yakima. 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).

• South Central Workforce Development Council

  Kittitas, Klickitat, Skamania, Yakima

Yakima County economy

• 4.0%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.2% the month before

• 129,429

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 256,605

  people in Yakima County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $68,015

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 28%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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