Moraga, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Front End Entry LevelSafeway
- Front End Entry LevelAlbertsons Companies
- Medical DirectorVCA Animal Hospitals
Employers hiring most in Moraga
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- Safeway1 open role
- VCA Animal Hospitals1 open role
Moraga layoffs
No layoff notices naming Moraga 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.
Colleges in Moraga
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary's College of California | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Contra Costa 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 0.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.8%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+13,251 jobs), arts & recreation (+1,273 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−2,040 jobs), retail (−1,958 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Moraga. Each link goes to the publisher.
- 6 things to know in Richmond — Safeway closing bread plant, train meeting and morerichmondside · Oct 30, 2026
- Safeway to close another Bay Area store and Richmond commercial bakerySan Francisco Chronicle on MSN · Oct 22, 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.
- 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 Moraga. 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).
- Richmond Workforce Development Board
City: Richmond
- Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County
Contra Costa
Contra Costa County economy
4.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.0% the month before
577,458
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
1,161,458
people in Contra Costa County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$125,727
median household income
Source: Census ACS
48%
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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