Buffalo, WV jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Buffalo
- Process EngineerblueStone Solutions Group
- Mid to Senior Construction Project ManagerMGAC
- Café Manager d (S186) TEMPORARYBuffalo Elementary School
- Café Manager d (S836) 200 daysBuffalo High School
Employers hiring most in Buffalo
- blueStone Solutions Group1 open role
- Buffalo Elementary School1 open role
- Buffalo High School1 open role
- MGAC1 open role
Buffalo layoffs
No layoff notices naming Buffalo 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.
Putnam County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 10.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.9%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+799 jobs), manufacturing (+526 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Buffalo
- 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 Buffalo. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in West Virginia? How to file for unemployment in West Virginia (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- South Western West Virginia Region Workforce Investment Board
Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Putnam, Wayne
Putnam County economy
2.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
27,165
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
57,250
people in Putnam County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,871
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Buffalo?
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from West Virginia’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. West Virginia unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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