San Mateo, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in San Mateo

• IT Security & Risk AnalystFladger Associates
• Administrative AssistantSagimet Biosciences
• GTM EngineerSendbird
• Regional Vice President, Community ManagementEssex Property Trust REIT
• Head of M&AIndigo
• Senior Director, Inflammation Pipeline, Global Medical AffairsGILEAD Sciences
• Senior Director, Integrated Insights (US)Kite Pharma
• Executive Director, Global Procurement - Commercial Category StrategyGilead
• Head of Product DesignShield AI
• Director, Contingent Workforce Strategy, Procurement & Program OperationsGilead Sciences

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Employers hiring most in San Mateo

1. Roblox239 open roles
2. Verkada145 open roles
3. Skydio71 open roles
4. PlayStation (Sony Interactive Entertainment)60 open roles
5. Fireworks AI50 open roles
6. IXL Learning37 open roles
7. Shield AI31 open roles
8. Xdof20 open roles
9. Fireworks17 open roles
10. Overjet13 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in San Mateo

• Snowflake5,001–20,000 employees
• Freshworks1,001–5,000 employees
• Guidewire Software1,001–5,000 employees
• Roblox1,001–5,000 employees
• Upstart1,001–5,000 employees

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

San Mateo layoffs

No layoff notices naming San Mateo 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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Conferences in San Mateo

Industry conferences and trade shows held in San Mateo. 2 with dates announced.

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San Mateo 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 3.0% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.9%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+6,866 jobs), hotels & food (+3,546 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−18,948 jobs), manufacturing (−4,940 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Aria Networks plans to triple workforce with Sunnyvale moveThe Business Journals · Oct 16, 2026

Learn and get funded in San Mateo

• 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 San Mateo. 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).

• NOVA Workforce Development Board

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San Mateo County economy

• 3.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.1% the month before

• 410,701

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 745,100

  people in San Mateo County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $156,000

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 55%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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