Lathrop, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Lathrop
- Organics ManagerWaste Management
- Team Manager Home CareVITAS Healthcare
- Process EngineerJobot
- Branch Operations ManagerNucor
Employers hiring most in Lathrop
- Jobot1 open role
- Nucor1 open role
- VITAS Healthcare1 open role
- Waste Management1 open role
Lathrop layoffs
No layoff notices naming Lathrop 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.
San Joaquin County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 5.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 6.2%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+6,804 jobs), wholesale (+1,006 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−1,495 jobs), construction (−925 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Lathrop. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Walmart Opens 5th ‘Next-Gen’ Fulfillment Center In CAtheshelbyreport · Oct 9, 2026
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- 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.
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Laid off in California? How to file for unemployment in California (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
San Joaquin County economy
6.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
6.5% the month before
377,180
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
787,416
people in San Joaquin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$88,531
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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