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Newark, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

126 open professional jobs in Newark. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Newark is in Alameda County.

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Jobs in Newark

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Employers hiring most in Newark

  1. Lucid Motors68 open roles
  2. Applied Industrial Technologies7 open roles
  3. Stratus Technologies5 open roles
  4. Alten Technology USA4 open roles
  5. Moody's4 open roles
  6. Amazon3 open roles
  7. Ardelyx3 open roles
  8. EquipmentShare.com3 open roles
  9. Intelliswift3 open roles
  10. Human Capital Ventures2 open roles

Newark layoffs

  • 1

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 212

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

Layoff notices filed in Newark, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
IPS Nationwide, Inc.Takes effect Nov 17, 2026Alameda County212Layoff PermanentState record

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Where Newark ranks

Where Newark placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

Alameda 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 1.8% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.7%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+16,318 jobs), other services (+3,262 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−11,533 jobs), transportation & warehousing (−6,143 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Newark. 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).

  • Ohlone Tri-Cities Career Center

    Newark · Affiliate · 510-742-2323

    Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. & Friday 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Closed Fridays during Summer)

Alameda County economy

  • 4.7%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.9% the month before

  • 860,492

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,651,949

    people in Alameda County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $126,240

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 55%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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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