Castro Valley, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Director of OperationsCastro Valley Advantage Dental
Employers hiring most in Castro Valley
- Castro Valley Advantage Dental1 open role
Castro Valley layoffs
No layoff notices naming Castro Valley 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.
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)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Castro Valley. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Crucible lays off staff days after troubled Oakland arts school shuts downSan Francisco Chronicle on MSN · Nov 4, 2026
- Legends Global Plans 1,605 Oakland Venue Layoffs as OVG Deal AdvancesTicketNews · Nov 4, 2026
- The Crucible, West Oakland’s Industrial Arts Hub, Shuts Down SuddenlyKQED · Oct 27, 2026
- Oakland arts school abruptly shuts down as finances left officials 'no choice'SFGATE · Oct 26, 2026
- California health care giant plans mass layoffs across the stateWhen In Your State USA on MSN · Oct 7, 2026
- Health giant announces mass layoffs across CaliforniaNew York Post on MSN · Oct 2, 2026
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- 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.
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- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Castro Valley. 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 County Workforce Development Board
Alameda
- Oakland Workforce Development Board
City: Oakland
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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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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