Norwich, CT jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Senior Tax ManagerGPAC
- Director of Laboratory Operations, East RegionHartford HealthCare
- Manager - Gift ShopHartford HealthCare
- Patient Care Manager, 10,000 Sign On BonusGentiva
- Mechanical Engineer, StaffAmerican Systems
- Mechanical Engineer, AssociateAmerican Systems
- Mechanical Designer/Drafter III - SolidWorksAmerican Systems
- Electrical Designer/DrafterAmerican Systems
- Mechanical Designer / Drafter - AutoCADAmerican Systems
- Mechanical Designer/Drafter II - SolidWorksAmerican Systems
Employers hiring most in Norwich
- American Systems6 open roles
- Hartford HealthCare3 open roles
- Gentiva1 open role
- GPAC1 open role
Norwich layoffs
No layoff notices naming Norwich 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.
Southeastern 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 2.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.6%, up 0.8 points from a year ago
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Norwich. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
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Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region economy
4.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
141,913
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
279,025
people in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$84,185
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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