Watsonville, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Watsonville

• Chief Executive OfficerPajaro Valley Prevention
• Systems Integration and Test Engineer, Avionics and ElectronicsJoby Aviation
• Chief Operating Officer (COO)Confidential
• Senior Internal AuditorDriscoll's
• Sr. Project Controls Engineer - Planning and SchedulingGranite Construction
• AI Applications & Data Analytics LeadGranite Construction
• Sr. General Accounting ManagerGranite Construction
• Project Manager (Heavy Civil)Granite Construction
• Safety Manager (Federal Project)Granite Construction
• Accountant IIIGranite Construction

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Employers hiring most in Watsonville

1. Granite Construction11 open roles
2. Confidential1 open role
3. Driscoll's1 open role
4. Joby Aviation1 open role
5. National Veterinary Associates1 open role
6. Nordic Naturals1 open role
7. Pajaro Valley Prevention1 open role

Watsonville layoffs

No layoff notices naming Watsonville 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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Santa Cruz 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 0.9% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 4.7% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 5.1%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,284 jobs), agriculture (+747 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−989 jobs), other services (−740 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Letter to the editor: Watsonville is losing labor and delivery; the community deserves a planLookout Local Santa Cruz · Nov 5, 2026
• Funding cuts to medical care signal a tenuous future for local patients and hospitals.Monterey County NOW · Oct 29, 2026
• Watsonville Community Hospital board to consider closing maternity services, NICU at Wednesday meetingLookout Local Santa Cruz · Oct 26, 2026
• Watsonville Hospital considers closing mother-baby services, as possible closure within one year loomsThe Pajaronian · Oct 23, 2026
• Watsonville hospital holds community meeting amid potential closure of labor, delivery departmentSanta Cruz Sentinel · Oct 23, 2026
• Watsonville hospital faces possible closure as it loses $86,000 a dayKSBW Channel 8 on MSN · Oct 23, 2026
• Watsonville Hospital to hold community meeting amid potential closure of maternity servicesSanta Cruz Local · Oct 16, 2026
• Another view of Watsonville Community Hospital’s financesThe Pajaronian · Oct 2, 2026

Learn and get funded in Watsonville

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• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Watsonville. 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 Cruz County Workforce Development Board

  Santa Cruz

• Santa Cruz County, Workforce, Watsonville Career Center

  Watsonville · Comprehensive · 831-763-8933

  Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm Closed 12:00 noon - 1pm

Santa Cruz County economy

• 5.1%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  5.4% the month before

• 138,703

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 266,021

  people in Santa Cruz County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $109,266

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 48%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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