Edwards AFB, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Edwards AFB

• Security Specialist IIIJt4
• Supervisory Instrumentation Engineer IIJt4
• Instrumentation Operations Engineer IIIJt4
• Logistics Supply Specialist IIIJt4
• Radar Fusion Engineer IVJt4
• Flight Test Engineer VIJt4
• Maintenance Trades Specialist IV - Mechanical/HVACJt4
• Computer Scientist V - Senior Software Systems EngineerJt4
• Project Lead II - ArmamentJt4
• Engineer IVJt4

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Employers hiring most in Edwards AFB

1. Jt422 open roles
2. Northrop Grumman17 open roles
3. Modern Technology Solutions8 open roles
4. Northrop Grumman Systems4 open roles
5. Air Combat Command1 open role
6. Chenega Base & Logistics Services1 open role
7. Odyssey Systems Consulting1 open role
8. Quantum Sky1 open role
9. Sikorsky Aircraft1 open role

Edwards AFB layoffs

No layoff notices naming Edwards AFB 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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Kern 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 0.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 7.9%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+9,607 jobs), manufacturing (+1,088 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: agriculture (−9,542 jobs), transportation & warehousing (−2,132 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Edwards AFB. Each link goes to the publisher.

• CSU Bakersfield conference highlights AI skills to prepare students for workforceBakersfield Now on MSN · Oct 29, 2026
• Maya Cinemas' Bakersfield theater files Chapter 11Yahoo Finance · Oct 19, 2026
• Oil-field services company laying off 53 in Bakersfield, leaving CaliforniaYahoo · Oct 5, 2026

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Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Kern/Inyo/Mono Workforce Development Board

  Inyo, Kern, Mono

Kern County economy

• 7.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  8.2% the month before

• 417,030

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 910,433

  people in Kern County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $67,660

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 30%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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