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This page explains how the listings on Job Center Near Me are built. Updated 2026-11-14.

Sources

The directory is built from the public Comprehensive and Affiliate American Job Centers file published by CareerOneStop, a program of the U.S. Department of Labor. The file supplies each center’s name, type (comprehensive or affiliate), street address, city, state, ZIP code, phone number, website, coordinates, a veterans-representative flag, an ex-offender / re-entry program flag, and youth-service representative fields. Downloaded November 14, 2026.

Counties come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Area to county relationship file. When a ZIP code is a post-office box or is missing from that file, the county is the nearest county (or, if needed, the county of the nearest ZCTA) based on the center’s coordinates in the CareerOneStop file and the Census gazetteer.

Which centers are listed

Every open comprehensive or affiliate American Job Center in the file is listed: 2,129 centers in 1,949 cities and 1,665 counties across 54 states and territories (1,055 comprehensive, 1,074 affiliate). Centers marked closed in the source file are left out, as is any row whose name field is an email address. 1,505 listings have a veterans’ representative, 1,559 have a youth services representative, and 161 have a re-entry program.

What we do not publish

The source file includes staff names and email addresses. Those are not shown on this site. Center hours are not in the file, so they are not listed; call the center to confirm hours and ask whether you need an appointment. Temporary status notes in the file (weather delays, staff training days) are also left out because they go stale.

What the service flags mean

  • Comprehensive vs affiliate is the program type in the file. A comprehensive center offers the full set of one-stop career services. An affiliate center offers career services and refers you to a comprehensive center when you need the full set of partner programs.
  • Veterans’ services means the file marks the center as having a veterans’ representative. Names and direct emails are not shown.
  • Youth services means the file lists a youth services representative for the center. Names and direct emails are not shown.
  • Re-entry programs means the file marks the center as having programs for people with a criminal record.

If a flag is blank or marked no, the page simply does not claim that service. A blank flag is not treated as proof that the center lacks the service.

Corrections

Addresses, phone numbers and services change. Email contact@jobcenternearme.com with the page link and the correction.