College Park, MD jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meCollege Park layoffs
No layoff notices naming College Park 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.
Colleges in College Park
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland-College Park | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
Conferences in College Park
Industry conferences and trade shows held in College Park. 1 with dates announced.
- Precision Agriculture Technology Conference (University of Maryland Extension)
Feb 25, 2027 · College Park, MD
Paid ticket. Single-day event; price not read.
Prince George's 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 5.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.0%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+5,162 jobs), hotels & food (+1,907 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: wholesale (−638 jobs), professional & technical (−561 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in College Park. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Largo maps cuts, layoffs should property tax amendment passThe Business Journals · Oct 14, 2026
- Largo Announces Closing of US$5.7 Million Registered Direct OfferingMarketScreener · Sep 29, 2026
Learn and get funded in College Park
- 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 College Park. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Maryland? How to file for unemployment in Maryland (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Prince Georges County Workforce Development Board
Prince Georges
Prince George's County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.7% the month before
493,950
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
955,584
people in Prince George's County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$100,708
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 Maryland’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. Maryland unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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