Gilroy, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Site ManagerInternational Paper
- Financial AnalystInternational Paper
- Nurse Director, AmbulatoryKaiser Permanente
- Manager - Enhanced Behavior SupportHope Services
- Superintendent/Construction ManagerKB Home
- Production Supervisor - 2nd ShiftCintas
- Management TraineeCintas
- Outside Sales Representative (Bilingual Spanish)Charter Communications
- Project EngineerAmazon
Employers hiring most in Gilroy
- Cintas2 open roles
- International Paper2 open roles
- Amazon1 open role
- Charter Communications1 open role
- Hope Services1 open role
- Kaiser Permanente1 open role
- KB Home1 open role
Gilroy layoffs
No layoff notices naming Gilroy 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.
Santa Clara 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 0.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 0.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.2%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: management of companies (+44,625 jobs), health care (+21,468 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−50,224 jobs), professional & technical (−12,753 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Gilroy. Each link goes to the publisher.
- California grocery store closing after 57-year runNew York Post on MSN · Oct 29, 2026
- eBay to Cut 1,000 Jobs in Second Round of 2026 LayoffsSTL.News · Oct 21, 2026
- Aria Networks plans to triple workforce with Sunnyvale moveThe Business Journals · Oct 16, 2026
Learn and get funded in Gilroy
- 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 Gilroy. 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).
- NOVA Workforce Development Board
San Mateo; Cities: Cupertino, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale
- work2future - Silicon Valley Workforce Development Board
Santa Clara; Cities: San Jose, Stanford
work2future Gilroy Job Center
Gilroy · Affiliate · 408-758-3477
Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Santa Clara County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
1,040,676
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
1,903,297
people in Santa Clara County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$159,674
median household income
Source: Census ACS
59%
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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