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Alameda, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

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Jobs in Alameda

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Employers hiring most in Alameda

  1. Saildrone33 open roles
  2. Penumbra27 open roles
  3. Kairos Power19 open roles
  4. Abbott17 open roles
  5. Exelixis16 open roles
  6. Solcoa Industries7 open roles
  7. Rondo Energy6 open roles
  8. Science4 open roles
  9. Orbis Clinical3 open roles
  10. Thornton Tomasetti3 open roles

Alameda layoffs

No layoff notices naming Alameda 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.

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Where Alameda ranks

Where Alameda placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

Alameda 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 1.8% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.7%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+16,318 jobs), other services (+3,262 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−11,533 jobs), transportation & warehousing (−6,143 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Alameda. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in California? How to file for unemployment in California (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

  • Alameda One Stop Career Center

    Alameda · Affiliate · 510-748-2208

    Mon/Tues/Thurs 9:30am-4:30pm Wed/Fri 9:30am-12:30pm

Alameda County economy

  • 4.7%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.9% the month before

  • 860,492

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,651,949

    people in Alameda County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $126,240

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 55%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from California’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. California unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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