El Centro, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in El Centro
- Environmental & Energy ManagerAkima Systems Engineering
- Quality ManagerAkima Systems Engineering
- Senior Project ManagerAkima Systems Engineering
- COMPLIANCE MANAGEREl Centro Regional Medical Center
- Clinical Operations Director RN, HospiceAccentCare
- Construction Quality Assurance Analyst (CBP) - El Centro, CALMI
Employers hiring most in El Centro
- Akima Systems Engineering3 open roles
- AccentCare1 open role
- El Centro Regional Medical Center1 open role
- LMI1 open role
El Centro layoffs
No layoff notices naming El Centro 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.
Imperial 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 2.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 20.8%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,168 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: agriculture (−1,375 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
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American Job Center of California - El Centro West Employment Department
El Centro · Affiliate
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
Imperial County economy
20.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
21.6% the month before
76,185
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
179,319
people in Imperial County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,393
median household income
Source: Census ACS
25%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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