Santa Clara, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Santa Clara

• Sr. Product Manager (PAN-OS Product Security)Palo Alto Networks
• Senior Frontend Engineer (Full-Stack Capable)Orkes
• Senior Security EngineerOrkes
• Senior Backend Engineer (Full-Stack Capable)Orkes
• Technical Facilities ManagerApplied Materials
• Senior Sales Operations AnalystIntel
• Distinguished Engineer, End to End GPU AI Software ArchitectIntel
• Partner and Customer PR ManagerIntel
• Senior Director Competitive and Solutions Marketing [Intel
• Sr Director, XSE Design Verification EngineeringIntel

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Employers hiring most in Santa Clara

1. Nvidia573 open roles
2. Pure Storage106 open roles
3. Applied Materials98 open roles
4. Amazon96 open roles
5. Marvell Technology65 open roles
6. AMD57 open roles
7. Zscaler57 open roles
8. Advanced Micro Devices48 open roles
9. Celestial AI46 open roles
10. Coherent40 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Santa Clara

• Nvidiaabout 42,000 employees (2026)
• Palo Alto Networksabout 14,000 employees (2024)
• Advanced Micro Devices20,001–100,000 employees
• Applied Materials20,001–100,000 employees
• Arista Networks5,001–20,000 employees

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

Santa Clara layoffs

• 12

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 447

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 3

  employers

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Colleges in Santa Clara

Conferences in Santa Clara

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Santa Clara. 6 with dates announced.

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Santa Clara 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 down 0.4% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 0.9% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.2%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: management of companies (+44,625 jobs), health care (+21,468 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−50,224 jobs), professional & technical (−12,753 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• California grocery store closing after 57-year runNew York Post on MSN · Oct 29, 2026
• eBay to Cut 1,000 Jobs in Second Round of 2026 LayoffsSTL.News · Oct 21, 2026
• Aria Networks plans to triple workforce with Sunnyvale moveThe Business Journals · Oct 16, 2026

Learn and get funded in Santa Clara

• 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 Santa Clara. 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

  San Mateo; Cities: Cupertino, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale

• work2future - Silicon Valley Workforce Development Board

  Santa Clara; Cities: San Jose, Stanford

Santa Clara County economy

• 4.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.5% the month before

• 1,040,676

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 1,903,297

  people in Santa Clara County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $159,674

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 59%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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