Norwalk, CT jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Norwalk

• Tantalus - Chief Marketing Officer (Norwalk)Connecticut Innovations
• Assistant Director of Health, Environmental HealthCity of Norwalk
• Senior Social Video ProducerThe Statesman Group
• Senior Audience ProducerThe Statesman Group
• Senior Account ExecutiveThe Statesman Group
• Account ExecutiveThe Statesman Group
• Account ManagerKaseya
• Strategic Account ManagerKaseya
• Financial AnalystCreative Financial Staffing
• Senior Accountant – Payroll & Accounting OperationCreative Financial Staffing

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Employers hiring most in Norwalk

1. Aon6 open roles
2. Arthur J. Gallagher4 open roles
3. Connecticut Innovations4 open roles
4. Gallagher4 open roles
5. Gallagher Bassett4 open roles
6. Graham Capital Management, L.P.4 open roles
7. Gorilla Commerce3 open roles
8. Booking Holdings2 open roles
9. City of Norwalk2 open roles
10. Creative Financial Staffing2 open roles

Norwalk layoffs

No layoff notices naming Norwalk 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 Norwalk. 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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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Norwalk. 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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