Brookfield, CT jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Brookfield

• Sales ManagerLa-Z-Boy
• Sales ConsultantLa-Z-Boy
• Accounts Payable CoordinatorCreative Financial Staffing
• Director of Global Transportation and LogisticsWaterworks
• Civil Project EngineerHaley Ward
• Wound Program CoordinatorEncompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Danbury

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Employers hiring most in Brookfield

1. La-Z-Boy2 open roles
2. Creative Financial Staffing1 open role
3. Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Danbury1 open role
4. Haley Ward1 open role
5. Waterworks1 open role

Brookfield layoffs

No layoff notices naming Brookfield 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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Western Connecticut 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 3.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.5%, up 1.0 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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

• Blasius Closes Stores in Brookfield, Torringtonclassiccars.ride-ct.com · Oct 30, 2026
• Waterbury restaurant to close after decades of serving downtownFOX61 · Oct 20, 2026
• Ross Dress for Less expands in Connecticut amid other closuresThe News-Times · Oct 13, 2026
• 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

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Brookfield. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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Western Connecticut Planning Region economy

• 4.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.5% the month before

• 336,154

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 621,232

  people in Western Connecticut Planning Region

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $124,553

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 52%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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