Silver Spring, MD jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Senior Contract Support SpecialistChenega Base & Logistics Services
- Principal Network Architect / Subject Matter Expert (SME)Valiant Solutions
- Assistant Director of FinanceCreative Financial Staffing
- Senior Deputy General CounselAmerican Nurses Enterprise
- Mechanical Engineer IIRocket Lab
- Lead, Manufacturing EngineerRocket Lab
- Senior Mechanical Engineer IRocket Lab
- Director, Finance & OperationsSwana
- Senior Manager, Corporate Partnerships and FundraisingAmerican Nurses Foundation
- Compliance Paralegal: Franchise & Litigation SpecialistChoice Hotels
Employers hiring most in Silver Spring
- Food and Drug Administration10 open roles
- Eagle Bancorp9 open roles
- Adventist Healthcare5 open roles
- MedCap Health3 open roles
- Rocket Lab3 open roles
- Trinity Health3 open roles
- Albertsons Companies2 open roles
- Children's National Hospital2 open roles
- Choice Hotels2 open roles
- Creative Financial Staffing2 open roles
Silver Spring layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
184
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AmazonTakes effect Apr 28, 2026 | Silver Spring | 184 | Plant Closure | State record |
Colleges in Silver Spring
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Yeshiva College of the Nations Capital | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Where Silver Spring ranks
Where Silver Spring placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
Montgomery County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.2%, down 1.0 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+9,114 jobs), arts & recreation (+1,572 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−5,490 jobs), finance & insurance (−2,927 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Silver Spring
- 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 Silver Spring. 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).
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Montgomery
Montgomery County economy
3.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.2% the month before
560,766
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
1,057,586
people in Montgomery County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$128,733
median household income
Source: Census ACS
60%
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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