San Marcos, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in San Marcos
- Territory Sales Rep - ResidentialUGI
- Chief Human Resources OfficerCasa de Amparo
- Vice President, OperationsTrueCare
- Clinical Program Manager, IOP/PHPCasa de Amparo in
- QI and Compliance AnalystGary and Mary West PACE
- Project Engineering Manager - Water/WastewaterBlack & Veatch
- Process EngineerSumitomo Electric Industries
- Manufacturing EngineerBAE Systems USA
- Data & Business Intelligence AnalystDiamond Fence
- Senior Financial AnalystHunter Industries
Employers hiring most in San Marcos
- Black & Veatch2 open roles
- Greystar2 open roles
- K2 Staffing2 open roles
- Palomar Health2 open roles
- Stanbridge University2 open roles
- TrueCare2 open roles
- Alp N Rock1 open role
- BAE Systems USA1 open role
- Bio-Techne1 open role
- California State University Chico1 open role
San Marcos layoffs
No layoff notices naming San Marcos 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.
Colleges in San Marcos
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| California State University-San Marcos | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
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 San Marcos. 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
Learn and get funded in San Marcos
- 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.
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving San Marcos. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
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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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