Whitman County, WA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
21,492
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
47,042
people in Whitman County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,893
median household income
Source: Census ACS
52%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Whitman County ranks
Where Whitman County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Pacific Northwest52% · of 43
- #7Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Pacific Northwest3.4% · of 43
- #7Counties with the lowest unemployment in the West Coast3.4% · of 86
- #7Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the West Coast52% · of 86
Whitman 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 4.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
Learn and get funded in Whitman County
- 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.
Whitman County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Whitman 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.
Employers hiring most in Whitman 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.
- Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories64 open roles
- Washington State University13 open roles
- VMRD2 open roles
- Addium1 open role
- Amazon1 open role
- Crescent Electric Supply1 open role
- KORE11 open role
- Pullman Regional Hospital1 open role
Colleges in Whitman County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington State University | Pullman | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Whitman 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).
- Eastern Washington Partnership Workforce Dev. Council
Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Walla Walla, Whitman
WorkSource Pullman
Pullman · Affiliate · 509-339-7410
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Cities in Whitman County
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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