Orange, CT jobs, layoffs and employers
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- B2B Outside Sales RepresentativeConnecticut Pest Elimination
- B2B Outside Sales RepresentativeRollins
- Quality Assurance ManagerAurora Products
- FERC Compliance Senior Manager (Onsite)Iberdrola
- Finance & Procurement Manager, CSROAVANGRID
- Senior Process EngineerKineticengines
- Operational Manager of Research AdministrationYale University
- Research Project ManagerYale University
- Senior Administrative AssistantYale University
- Sales ManagerUlta Beauty
Employers hiring most in Orange
- Veterans Health Administration4 open roles
- Yale University3 open roles
- Ulta Beauty2 open roles
- Aurora Products1 open role
- AVANGRID1 open role
- Connecticut Pest Elimination1 open role
- Iberdrola1 open role
- Kineticengines1 open role
- Rollins1 open role
Orange layoffs
No layoff notices naming Orange 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.
South Central 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 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.2%, up 1.2 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Orange. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Ross Dress for Less expands in Connecticut amid other closuresNew Haven Register · Oct 13, 2026
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South Central Connecticut Planning Region economy
5.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.0% the month before
302,455
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
566,803
people in South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$86,266
median household income
Source: Census ACS
47%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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