Bridgeport, CT jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Bridgeport

• Wealth Management Client AssociateBank of America
• Marketing & Communications ManagerLifeBridge Community Services
• District ManagerEcolab
• Chief Administrative OfficerBoys & Girls Clubs Of America
• Account Executive - Retirement 401(k) ServicesPaychex
• Lead Specialist - Product Owner - Veterans Evaluation ServicesMaximus
• HR Generalist / RecruiterSafety Marking
• Medical Director Adult Medicine- Community HealthOPTIMUS Healthcare
• Vice President of OperationsWE Transport
• Leasing Lead Credit UnderwriterManufacturers and Traders Trust Company

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Employers hiring most in Bridgeport

1. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company8 open roles
2. Hartford HealthCare5 open roles
3. Hartford HealthCare3 open roles
4. Ametek Inc/2 open roles
5. gpac2 open roles
6. Hartford Hospital2 open roles
7. Maximus2 open roles
8. ADP1 open role
9. Ametek SCP1 open role
10. Apex Companies1 open role

Bridgeport layoffs

No layoff notices naming Bridgeport 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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Colleges in Bridgeport

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Population up 4.1% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 5.9%, up 1.4 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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

• Teacher layoffs a possibility with proposed New Britain school budgetWTNH · Oct 11, 2026
• Teacher layoffs possible as New Britain school board finalizes next year’s budgetWTNH · Oct 10, 2026
• WARN notice issued for 200 Bridgeport employeesWBOY Clarksburg on MSN · Oct 9, 2026

Learn and get funded in Bridgeport

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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 Bridgeport. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• Bridgeport American Job Center

  Bridgeport · Comprehensive · 203-455-2700

  Monday - Friday, 8:00a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region economy

• 5.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.5% the month before

• 170,631

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 326,296

  people in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $87,135

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 43%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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