Santa Maria, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Santa Maria
- Director For Plan Alignment and ImplementationSanta Maria-Bonita School District
- Trajectory Simulation & Analysis Aerospace EngineerCaci, Inc. - Federal
- Chief Philanthropy OfficerBoys & Girls Clubs Of America
- Manager Philanthropy Major GiftsCommonspirit Health
- Case Manager Immigration Bilingual SpanishGEO Group
- Production PlannerTerran Orbital
- Client Services AssociateAdvisor Associate
- Branch Services ManagerMechanics Bank
- LDAR Field Project ManagerOnterris
- Manufacturing Engineer - Machine ShopTerran Orbital
Employers hiring most in Santa Maria
- Excel Personnel Services2 open roles
- Terran Orbital2 open roles
- Advisor Associate1 open role
- Boys & Girls Clubs Of America1 open role
- Caci, Inc. - Federal1 open role
- Commonspirit Health1 open role
- Corvid Technologies1 open role
- Costco1 open role
- County of Santa Barbara1 open role
- GEO Group1 open role
Santa Maria layoffs
3
Layoff notices, last 12 months
39
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yerba Mate Co., LLC - Santa BarbaraTakes effect Sep 1, 2026 | Santa Barbara County | 1 | Layoff Permanent | State record | |
| Yerba Mate Co., LLC - Santa MariaTakes effect Sep 1, 2026 | Santa Barbara County | 1 | Layoff Permanent | State record | |
| Red Lobster Restaurants LLCTakes effect Aug 31, 2026 | Santa Barbara County | 37 | Closure Permanent | State record |
Santa Barbara 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 2.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.5%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,315 jobs), construction (+523 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−6,235 jobs), wholesale (−1,052 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Santa Maria. 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).
- Santa Barbara County Workforce Development Board
Santa Barbara
America`s Job Center of California Workforce Resource Center
Santa Maria · Comprehensive · 805-614-1550
Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Santa Barbara County economy
4.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
226,288
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
443,975
people in Santa Barbara County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$95,977
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
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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