Madera County, CA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meMadera County economy
7.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
7.0% the month before
71,120
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
158,790
people in Madera County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$75,496
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Madera County ranks
Where Madera County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Fastest-growing job markets in the West Coast+6.9% · of 59
Madera County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 6.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 7.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 7.0%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,388 jobs), wholesale (+335 jobs)
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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Madera County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Madera County 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.
Employers hiring most in Madera County
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- Ardagh Group1 open role
- Ardagh Metal Packaging1 open role
- Citizens Business Bank, National Association1 open role
- Credenza Health1 open role
- CRH Public1 open role
- E. & J. Gallo1 open role
- Love's Travel Stops1 open role
- Pennpoint Search1 open role
- PrideStaff1 open role
- Race telecommunications1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Madera County. 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).
Madera Workforce Assistance Center
Madera · Comprehensive · 559-662-4500
Monday - Friday 8 am-5 pm, Computers Available Monday - Thursday 8 am-4:30 pm, Friday - varies
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from California’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. California unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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