Fairmont, WV jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Equipment Engineer IVFirstEnergy
- Board MemberHealthcare Shares
- Human Resources and Operations ManagerCountry Roads Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation
- Transmission Project Manager - Project Management Controls - Fairmont Corporate CenterFirstEnergy Akron
- Equipment Engineer III -Transmission & Substation Services - Fairmont MonPower TransmissionFirstEnergy Akron
- Project Engineer III - Transmission Engineering - Fairmont Corporate CenterFirstEnergy Akron
- Business Analyst - WV & MD Engineering ServicesFirstEnergy Akron
- Engineer - EMS/GMS OperationsFirstEnergy Akron
- Transmission Project Coordinator - Project Management ControlsFirstEnergy Akron
- Engineer III, IV, V - Transmission & Substation Services - Fairmont Corporate CenterFirstEnergy Akron
Employers hiring most in Fairmont
- FirstEnergy Akron8 open roles
- Allpointsllc1 open role
- AOGarcia1 open role
- Applied Industrial Technologies1 open role
- Aventis Solutions1 open role
- Builders FirstSource1 open role
- Country Roads Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation1 open role
- FirstEnergy1 open role
- Healthcare Shares1 open role
- Service Wire1 open role
Fairmont layoffs
No layoff notices naming Fairmont 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.
Colleges in Fairmont
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Fairmont State University | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Marion 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 3.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+348 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Fairmont. 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).
- Region VI Workforce Investment Board
Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur
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Marion County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.2% the month before
25,469
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
56,042
people in Marion County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,537
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
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 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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