Chico, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Chico

• Wine and Spirits Sales Account ManagerReyes Holdings
• Safety CoordinatorK2 Staffing
• Oncology Account ExecutiveBillionToOne
• Staff Accountant IIArc of Butte County
• Quality Program Analyst- Cardiac (Full-Time, Days)Enloe Medical Center
• Associate EngineerCity of Chico
• AF Solutions Regional Manager - Northern CaliforniaBoston Scientific
• Front End Entry LevelAlbertsons Companies
• Commercial Loan OfficerPlumas Bank
• Quality Assurance ManagerTruRoots

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Employers hiring most in Chico

1. Pacific Gas & Electric3 open roles
2. Merakey2 open roles
3. Sinclair2 open roles
4. Albertsons Companies1 open role
5. American Lung Association1 open role
6. Arc of Butte County1 open role
7. BillionToOne1 open role
8. Boston Scientific1 open role
9. City of Chico1 open role
10. Enloe Medical Center1 open role

Chico layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 6

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in Chico

Butte 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 2.0% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 0.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 5.9%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,316 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−1,113 jobs), manufacturing (−709 jobs)

Local job-market news

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• Road closures in Chico after crash knocks down power linesKRCR News Channel 7 on MSN · Oct 7, 2026

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Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Northern Rural Training Employment Workforce Development Board

  Butte, Del Norte, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity

• Alliance for Workforce Development, Inc.

  Chico · Comprehensive · 530-961-5125

  Monday - -Friday 8:000am - 5:00pm

• Nations Finest Office

  Chico · Affiliate · 530-809-2831

  Monday -Friday 8:00am-5:00pm

Butte County economy

• 5.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  6.1% the month before

• 90,577

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 209,470

  people in Butte County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $68,574

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 40%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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