Newark, DE jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Newark

• Operations ManagerCarmax
• Retail Fragrances Sales Counter Manager - Womens, Christiana - Full TimeMacy's
• Director, Oncology Pharmacy, Investigational Drug Services and Infusion Operations LoChristianaCare Union Hospital
• Plant Operations Director Lean, Safe & High-ImpactCoherent
• Wealth Advisor - PNC Wealth ManagementPNC Financial Services Group
• Data Analyst Senior- VP PythonCNB Financial Corp/Pa
• VP POS Fraud StrategyCNB Financial Corp/Pa
• Executive Director, Product Control & Finance StrategyTesting Site - JPMC
• Director of Clinical Education (Speech-Language Pathology)National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing
• Generative AI EngineerIndotronix International

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Employers hiring most in Newark

1. University of Delaware34 open roles
2. Qnity Electronics20 open roles
3. Sallie Mae Bank11 open roles
4. Coherent9 open roles
5. Siemens Healthineers6 open roles
6. Atwell4 open roles
7. JPMorgan Chase4 open roles
8. ChristianaCare3 open roles
9. AccentCare2 open roles
10. Ametek Inc/2 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Newark

• Lucid Motorsabout 6,500 employees (2023)

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Newark layoffs

No layoff notices naming Newark 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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Colleges in Newark

New Castle County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 4.6% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.6%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+7,774 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+1,671 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,612 jobs), management of companies (−1,063 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Newark. Each link goes to the publisher.

• University of Delaware launches statewide survey on AI in the workplaceDelaware Business Times · Oct 13, 2026

Learn and get funded in Newark

• 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 Newark. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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

• Delaware Workforce Development Board

  Serves all of Delaware

• Newark American Job Center

  Newark · Comprehensive · 302-453-4350

  8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon - Fri

New Castle County economy

• 4.6%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  5.1% the month before

• 299,137

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 573,030

  people in New Castle County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $89,901

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 47%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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