Jefferson County, WA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Jefferson County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Jefferson County economy

3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
12,356
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
33,313
people in Jefferson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,143
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Jefferson 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 0.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.5%, down 0.9 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Jefferson County. Each link goes to the publisher.

Kitsap County sales tax hike approved to prevent public safety cutsKitsap Sun on MSN · Oct 13, 2026

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Jefferson County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Jefferson County 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Jefferson County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Abbott1 open role
Newport Healthcare1 open role
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Jefferson County. 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).

Olympic Workforce Development Council
Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap

Cities in Jefferson County

Port Townsend3 jobs

Other Washington counties

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Washington’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Washington unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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