Vandenberg AFB, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER DIRECTOR (NH-3)United States Space Force
- FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST (GS-11)United States Space Force
- Civil Engineer (GS-12)U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Subcontract Administrator - VSFBBechtel
- Environmental ScientistBechtel
- VSFB Lead Planner, SentinelBechtel Energy
Employers hiring most in Vandenberg AFB
- Bechtel2 open roles
- United States Space Force2 open roles
- Bechtel Energy1 open role
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers1 open role
Vandenberg AFB layoffs
No layoff notices naming Vandenberg AFB 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.
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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- Santa Barbara County Workforce Development Board
Santa Barbara
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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