Monroe, CT jobs, layoffs and employers

3 open professional jobs in Monroe. Monroe is in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region.

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Jobs in Monroe

Accounts Payable SpecialistCreative Financial Staffing
Customer Quality EngineerCoherent
R&D EngineerCoherent

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Employers hiring most in Monroe

Coherent2 open roles
Creative Financial Staffing1 open role

Monroe layoffs

No layoff notices naming Monroe 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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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 Monroe. 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 Monroe

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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 Monroe. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Connecticut? How to file for unemployment in Connecticut (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

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Towns: Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bridgeport, Darien, Derby, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, Wilton

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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Sources: Layoff notices from Connecticut’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Connecticut unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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