Orange, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Orange
- Junior Staff AccountantHuntington Brass
- Surgical Account Manager - Central OrangeMedtronic
- LEAF Inside Sales Account ExecutiveManufacturers and Traders Trust Company
- Quality Assurance Director - LaboratoriesOnterris
- Special Projects Manager - LaboratoriesOnterris
- Data Systems Specialist - LaboratoriesOnterris
- Senior Analyst, Oracle Fusion Financials & Accounting HubAlignment Healthcare
- Portfolio ManagerHeritagebankofcommerce
- Pediatric Clinical Research Coordinator IIChoc
- Vice President of OperationsSoaring
Employers hiring most in Orange
- UC Irvine (incl. UCI Health)23 open roles
- Alignment Healthcare8 open roles
- Foundation Risk Partners7 open roles
- UC Irvine (incl. UCI Health)5 open roles
- Aecom3 open roles
- Crum & Forster3 open roles
- Onterris3 open roles
- Providence Hall3 open roles
- Bowman Williams2 open roles
- Saia2 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Orange
- Chapman University1,001–5,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Orange layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
79
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renewal by Andersen LLCTakes effect Nov 2, 2026 | Orange County | 79 | Layoff Permanent | State record |
Colleges in Orange
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Chapman University | Private non-profit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Where Orange ranks
Where Orange placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
Orange 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 1.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.3%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+30,241 jobs), arts & recreation (+9,954 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−17,259 jobs), finance & insurance (−9,879 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Orange
- 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 Orange. 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).
- Anaheim Workforce Development Board
City: Anaheim
- Orange County Workforce Development Board
Orange
- Santa Ana Workforce Development Board
City: Santa Ana
Orange County economy
4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
1,615,890
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
3,164,063
people in Orange County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$113,702
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
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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