Fairfield, CT jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Fairfield

• Staff AccountantCyberCoders
• Wealth Advisor Team LeaderManufacturers and Traders Trust Company
• Financial AdvisorManufacturers and Traders Trust Company
• Team Lead, Market Operations - Fairfield, CTCarvana
• Executive Assistant to Chief Operations Officer and Team/Hybrid (Fairfield County)C-Suite Assistants
• RecruiterHamilton Connection
• Assistant Director, Sports PerformanceFairfield University
• Strategic Manager, Office of the Dean for Egan School of Nursing & Health StudiesFairfield University
• Manager, Oncology Clinical Research OperationsHartford HealthCare
• Assistant General Manager, ConnecticutEquinox

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Employers hiring most in Fairfield

1. Fairfield University2 open roles
2. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company2 open roles
3. C-Suite Assistants1 open role
4. Carvana1 open role
5. CyberCoders1 open role
6. Equinox1 open role
7. Hamilton Connection1 open role
8. Hartford HealthCare1 open role
9. Hartford HealthCare1 open role
10. Yale New Haven Health1 open role

Fairfield layoffs

No layoff notices naming Fairfield 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 Fairfield

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 Fairfield. 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 Fairfield

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• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

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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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