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Costa Mesa, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

1,404 open professional jobs in Costa Mesa. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Costa Mesa is in Orange County.

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Jobs in Costa Mesa

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Employers hiring most in Costa Mesa

  1. Anduril Industries1,001 open roles
  2. Anduril226 open roles
  3. Andersen Group10 open roles
  4. Deloitte10 open roles
  5. Lewis Brisbois9 open roles
  6. BDO USA6 open roles
  7. ClearanceJobs5 open roles
  8. NakedMD5 open roles
  9. anduril4 open roles
  10. Ducommun3 open roles

Costa Mesa layoffs

  • 1

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 78

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

Layoff notices filed in Costa Mesa, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
GMRI, Inc. dba Yard HouseTakes effect Sep 14, 2026Orange County78Closure PermanentState record

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Colleges in Costa Mesa

Colleges in Costa Mesa
CollegeTypeStudents
Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999

Conferences in Costa Mesa

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Costa Mesa. 1 with dates announced.

  • CASAS Summer Institute

    Jun 14 to Jun 17, 2027 · Costa Mesa, CA

    Ticket $750 to $850. $750, $850 after May 1; optional lab pass $200. Registration opens Jan 11, 2027.

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Orange 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 1.1% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 1.2% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.3%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+30,241 jobs), arts & recreation (+9,954 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−17,259 jobs), finance & insurance (−9,879 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

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Orange County economy

  • 4.3%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.4% the month before

  • 1,615,890

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 3,164,063

    people in Orange County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $113,702

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 46%

    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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