Sonoma, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

7 open professional jobs in Sonoma. Sonoma is in Sonoma County.

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Assistant Director, TRiO Sonoma-Napa County Programs (Administrator I), Fixed-TermSonoma State University
Strategic Public Programs AnalystSonomacity
Account Executive - N. CAHmhco
North Bay, CA Strategic Cuisines Account Executive - SpanishToast
Chief Financial OfficerSouthern Medical Recruiters
Area Manager, SonomaAvantStay
Outside Sales Representative/Sales ProGenuine Parts Company

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Employers hiring most in Sonoma

AvantStay1 open role
Genuine Parts Company1 open role
Hmhco1 open role
Sonoma State University1 open role
Sonomacity1 open role
Southern Medical Recruiters1 open role
Toast1 open role

Sonoma layoffs

No layoff notices naming Sonoma 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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Sonoma 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 1.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 0.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.3%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,809 jobs), other services (+825 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−4,038 jobs), wholesale (−1,392 jobs)

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

Election 2026: Santa Rosa seeks voter approval of Measure L sales tax hike to avert ‘draconian’ job cuts, including police and firefighter jobsThe Press Democrat · Oct 10, 2026

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Workforce development and job centers

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Sonoma County Workforce Development Board
Sonoma

Sonoma County economy

4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
247,201
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
485,642
people in Sonoma County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$102,840
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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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