Salinas, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Local News ProducerThe Statesman Group
- Master Control Operator / Newscast DirectorThe Statesman Group
- ReporterThe Statesman Group
- Creative Services Writer ProducerThe Statesman Group
- Director of Engineering and ComplianceMonterey Regional Waste MGMT District
- Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), Clinical Director - Salinas , CABY The BAY Health
- Customer Service ManagerHobby Lobby
- Estimator, Substations - Michels Pacific Energy, Inc.Michels
- Interim Trauma Program ManagerB.E. Smith
- Flight Test EngineerArcher Aviation
Employers hiring most in Salinas
- 3P Partners3 open roles
- Amazon3 open roles
- The Statesman Group3 open roles
- Alvarez Technology Group2 open roles
- Hearst2 open roles
- A. Duda & Sons1 open role
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- Archer1 open role
- Archer Aviation1 open role
- B.E. Smith1 open role
Salinas layoffs
No layoff notices naming Salinas 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.
Monterey County outlook: Cooling
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs down 1.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.5%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,360 jobs), construction (+970 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: agriculture (−5,991 jobs), management of companies (−999 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Salinas. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Funding cuts to medical care signal a tenuous future for local patients and hospitals.Monterey County NOW · Oct 29, 2026
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Salinas. 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).
Salinas AJCC
Salinas · Comprehensive · 831-796-3335
Mon.-Thurs 8am-6pm Friday 8am-5pm
Salinas EDD
Salinas · Affiliate · 831-202-9199
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
Monterey County economy
5.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.5% the month before
227,565
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
435,834
people in Monterey County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$94,486
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
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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