Poway, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Poway

• Sr. Program DirectorGeneral Atomics
• Production Program Director-FQ-42General Atomics
• Senior Director, International Trade ComplianceGeneral Atomics
• Chief EngineerGeneral Atomics
• Processing Payroll SpecialistConfidential
• Chief Licensing OfficerJobot
• Technical Program Manager - Advanced System DevelopmentGeneral Atomics
• Senior DoD Program Manager Strategy & DeliveryGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems
• Automotive F&I Manager: Finance & Insurance LeaderPremier Automotive Group
• Director of PeopleRadeus Labs

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Employers hiring most in Poway

1. General Atomics250 open roles
2. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems4 open roles
3. General Atomics Integrated Intelligence4 open roles
4. Fralock3 open roles
5. AllSTEM Connections2 open roles
6. ClearanceJobs2 open roles
7. Sysco2 open roles
8. ACL Digital1 open role
9. Applied Intuition1 open role
10. Confidential1 open role

Poway layoffs

No layoff notices naming Poway 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.

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San Diego 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 0.9% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 0.6% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.7%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+37,066 jobs), hotels & food (+6,464 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−9,391 jobs), professional & technical (−8,649 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Poway. Each link goes to the publisher.

• San Diego's Award-Winning Mostra Coffee Faces Eviction, Debt Lawsuits And State Wage Claims Amid Closure Questionssandiegoville · Nov 1, 2026
• ServiceNow cuts San Diego sales jobs in third round of layoffs this yearThe San Diego Union-Tribune · Oct 19, 2026
• California health care giant plans mass layoffs across the stateWhen In Your State USA on MSN · Oct 7, 2026
• Kaiser Permanente to lay off 147 employees in California, most in San DiegoFOX 5 San Diego on MSN · Oct 1, 2026

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Poway. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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  San Diego

San Diego County economy

• 4.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.9% the month before

• 1,656,661

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 3,282,782

  people in San Diego County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $102,285

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 47%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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