Andover, MA jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Junior Marketing AssociateP.e.a.k.
- Financial Advisor, Andover, MASantander Bank Polska SA/ADR
- Principal Applications Design EngineerVicor
- Sr. Operational Excellence EngineerVicor
- Failure Analysis RMA ManagerVicor
- Product Development Engineer-High Performance ComputingVicor
- Design EngineerVicor
- Manufacturing Engineer - Molding and Back EndVicor
- Test Engineer - R & D and ManufacturingVicor
- Reliability EngineerVicor
Employers hiring most in Andover
- RTX60 open roles
- Vicor15 open roles
- Mercury Systems12 open roles
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise9 open roles
- Butler3 open roles
- Schneider Electric3 open roles
- Sikorsky Aircraft3 open roles
- Waldo Solutions3 open roles
- Greater Lawrence Technical School2 open roles
- Lockheed Martin Services2 open roles
Andover layoffs
No layoff notices naming Andover 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 Andover
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts School of Law | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Where Andover ranks
Where Andover placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #2Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in New England3.4% · of 27
- #2Best cities for junior jobs in Massachusetts33% · of 20
- #3Best college towns for junior jobs in New England33% · of 19
- #3Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Northeast3.4% · of 69
- #3Best cities for junior jobs in New England33% · of 28
- #9Cities where the biggest share of jobs do not need a four-year degree in New England12% · of 15
Essex 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 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.3%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+5,381 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+5,332 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,564 jobs), finance & insurance (−1,314 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Andover
- 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 Andover. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Massachusetts? How to file for unemployment in Massachusetts (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- MassHire Merrimack Valley Workforce Board
Towns: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Merrimac, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Rowley, Salisbury, West Newbury
- MassHire-North Shore Workforce Board
Towns: Beverly, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Middleton, Nahant, Peabody, Rockport, Salem, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham
Essex County economy
4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
439,969
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
807,258
people in Essex County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$99,431
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
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 Massachusetts’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. Massachusetts unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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