Stratford, CT jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Stratford

• Reliability EngineerButler
• System Integration Lab EngineerButler
• Industrial Engineer Stf - E4Lockheed Martin Services
• Industrial EngineerLockheed Martin Services
• Facilities Engineer Stf - E4Lockheed Martin Services
• Material Planner/Controller Stf - E4Lockheed Martin
• General Counsel Prin - E6Lockheed Martin Services
• Data Scientist Stf - E4Lockheed Martin Services
• Data Engineer Sr - E3Lockheed Martin Services
• Quality Engineer Stf - E4Lockheed Martin Services

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Employers hiring most in Stratford

1. Yale New Haven Health7 open roles
2. Lockheed Martin Services6 open roles
3. Sikorsky Aircraft6 open roles
4. Lockheed Martin3 open roles
5. Butler2 open roles
6. Lockheed Martin Services2 open roles
7. Unifirst2 open roles
8. Bound Construction1 open role
9. Defense Contract Management Agency1 open role
10. Hubbell1 open role

Stratford layoffs

No layoff notices naming Stratford 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 Stratford. 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 Stratford

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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 Stratford. 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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