Gardena, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Internal Communications CoordinatorEasterseals Southern California
- Marketing & Communications ManagerStealthMode
- Gardena Project Engineer: On-Site Planning & CoordinationMeadows Mechanical
- Associate Medical Director - Clinical InformaticsUCLA
- Head of FX Vehicle EngineeringFaraday Future
- Quality Assurance (QA) ManagerFresh Healthy Habits
- Engineering ManagerPrecision Castparts
- Facilities ManagerSingularity Defense
- Senior AccountantHumina Resource
- Senior Accountanthuminaresource
Employers hiring most in Gardena
- Mesh Optical Technologies20 open roles
- Foot Locker6 open roles
- Humina Resource3 open roles
- Nissin Foods USA3 open roles
- Ducommun2 open roles
- FedEx2 open roles
- Amazon1 open role
- Easterseals Southern California1 open role
- Faraday Future1 open role
- Fresh Healthy Habits1 open role
Gardena layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
12
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davey Tree Surgery CompanyTakes effect Dec 31, 2026 | Los Angeles County | 12 | Layoff Permanent | State record |
Colleges in Gardena
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| America Evangelical University | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Los Angeles 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 0.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.5%, down 1.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+108,368 jobs), private education (+15,141 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−61,254 jobs), manufacturing (−19,163 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Gardena. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Overturned big rig spills bales of hay all over 605 Freeway in Cerritos, causing hourslong closureABC7 KABC on MSN · Nov 6, 2026
- As Disney Preps Massive Layoffs, Former CEO Bob Iger Tries to Get Richer from LA LakersThat Park Place · Nov 4, 2026
- Disney Just Axed Hundreds of the Creative Masterminds Behind its Theme ParksYahoo Finance · Oct 31, 2026
- 159 layoffs are from Walt Disney Imagineering in CaliforniaPirates & Princesses on MSN · Oct 30, 2026
- State Filing Reveals Disney Cutting Walt Disney Imagineering Department, Hitting Heart of the ParksInside the Magic · Oct 30, 2026
- Walt Disney Imagineering Layoffs Hit 159 Employees at Glendale HeadquartersWDWMAGIC · Oct 30, 2026
- Disney layoffs hit Imagineering as it budgets $180M for AI hiresPirates & Princesses on MSN · Oct 30, 2026
- Disney’s Layoffs Hit Parks, with Imagineering ImpactedDisney Tourist Blog · Oct 29, 2026
Learn and get funded in Gardena
- 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.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Gardena. 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).
- City of Los Angeles Workforce Development Board
City: Los Angeles
- Foothill Workforce Development Board
Cities: Arcadia, Duarte, Monrovia, Pasadena, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena
- Innovation Network
Cities: Long Beach, Signal Hill
- Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board
Los Angeles
- SELACO WDB Southeast Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board
Cities: Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Lakewood, Norwalk
- South Bay Workforce Development Board
Cities: Alondra Park, Carson, Del Aire, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lennox, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance
- Verdugo Workforce Development Board
Cities: Burbank, Glendale, La Canada Flintridge
Gardena South Bay One Stop Business and Career Center
Gardena · Affiliate · 310-538-7070
Monday - Thursday, 8 am-5 pm, Friday 8 am-4:30 pm. Closed every other Friday
Los Angeles County economy
4.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.9% the month before
5,031,013
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
9,848,406
people in Los Angeles County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$87,760
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
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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