San Luis Obispo, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in San Luis Obispo

• Territory Manager - Central Coast, San Luis Obispo, Pismo BeachUS Foods
• Senior Engineer, Manufacturing EngineeringEntegris
• Engineer I, Manufacturing EngineerEntegris
• Electrical EngineerAmetek
• Assistant Superintendent - Student Programs & ServicesSan Luis Obispo County Office of Education
• Marketing + Communications DirectorSan Luis Obispo Classical Academy
• Director of Admissions + HospitalitySan Luis Obispo Classical Academy
• Vice President, Business Development - Planning & Government SolutionsBKF
• Senior Plumbing DesignerEmcor
• Restaurant FOH + BOH Manager Openings | Restaurant ManagementGecko Hospitality

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Employers hiring most in San Luis Obispo

1. Zone 5 Technologies23 open roles
2. Entegris5 open roles
3. BKF Engineers4 open roles
4. Adventist Health3 open roles
5. Confidential2 open roles
6. Pacific Gas & Electric2 open roles
7. San Luis Obispo Classical Academy2 open roles
8. San Luis Obispo County Office of Education2 open roles
9. Sesloc Credit Union2 open roles
10. Suffolk Construction2 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in San Luis Obispo

• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo1,001–5,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

San Luis Obispo layoffs

No layoff notices naming San Luis Obispo 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 Luis Obispo 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 1.6% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 0.0% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.6%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,983 jobs), hotels & food (+572 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−405 jobs), private education (−368 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Cal Poly Research Reveals Five Human Skills Most Desired at Workplace in the AI EraUniversity Communications and Marketing · Nov 12, 2026
• Layoffs hit KSBY in SLO as parent company downsizes nationwideSan Luis Obispo Tribune on MSN · Nov 10, 2026

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Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Workforce Development Board of San Luis Obispo County

  San Luis Obispo

• SLO Cal Career-San Luis Obispo

  San Luis Obispo · Comprehensive · 805-439-2557

  Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

San Luis Obispo County economy

• 4.6%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.7% the month before

• 133,280

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 281,486

  people in San Luis Obispo County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $93,398

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 42%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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