Burlington, MA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Burlington

• Vice President, Demand GenerationRSA Security
• Platform Products and Client Experience, Charles River Development, Vice PresidentState Street
• Director Quality SystemsLDI Search
• VP, HR Community HospitalsTufts Medicine Care AT Home
• System Director Pharmacy Business Operations Tufts MedicineTufts Medicine Care AT Home
• Administrative Coordinator- General Surgery - BostonTufts Medicine Care AT Home
• Manager Physician CompensationTufts Medicine Care AT Home
• Director, Media RelationsTufts Medicine Care AT Home
• Manager, Digital Strategy and ExperienceTufts Medicine Care AT Home
• Growth Marketing AnalystTufts Medicine Care AT Home

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Employers hiring most in Burlington

1. Veracode11 open roles
2. Vericel10 open roles
3. GLAUKOS8 open roles
4. Tufts Medicine Care AT Home8 open roles
5. Lemaitre Vascular7 open roles
6. Beth Israel Lahey Health6 open roles
7. Black & Veatch5 open roles
8. Michael Page5 open roles
9. Oracle5 open roles
10. State Street5 open roles

Burlington layoffs

No layoff notices naming Burlington 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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Middlesex 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 down 2.8% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 2.8% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.8%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+8,939 jobs), management of companies (+5,973 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−18,366 jobs), admin & staffing (−7,990 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Iconic Cambridge dive bar not reopening after closing over severe water damageMassLive · Nov 6, 2026
• Cambridge Common, Café Barada will closeCambridge Day · Nov 1, 2026
• Former Wachusett Potato Chip factory in Fitchburg to close in DecemberWorcester Telegram on MSN · Oct 28, 2026
• Fitchburg's Former Wachusett Chip Plant Closing, 62 Jobs Lost by DecemberHoodline · Oct 28, 2026
• Kempner hosts Mass AI Hub grant award celebrationHarvard Gazette · Oct 27, 2026
• Lowell data center splits a Massachusetts mill townYahoo · Oct 26, 2026
• Cambridge to lay off 60 workersSoutheast Iowa Union · Oct 19, 2026
• Fairfield’s Cambridge Investment Research Notifies State of Layoffs, Company Cites Organizational RestructuringOttumwa Radio · Oct 16, 2026

Learn and get funded in Burlington

• 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 Burlington. 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 Greater Lowell Workforce Board

  Towns: Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Westford

• MassHire North Central Workforce Board

  Towns: Ashburnham, Ashby, Ayer, Barre, Berlin, Bolton, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Groton, Harvard, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leominster, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Princeton, Shirley, Sterling, Templeton, Townsend, Westminster, Winchendon

• Metro North Regional Employment Board

  Towns: Arlington, Belmont, Burlington, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Revere, Somerville, Stoneham, Wakefield, Watertown, Wilmington, Winchester, Winthrop, Woburn

• Metro South/West Workforce Board, Inc.

  Towns: Acton, Ashland, Bedford, Bellingham, Boxborough, Brookline, Canton, Carlisle, Concord, Dedham, Dover, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Marlborough, Maynard, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Natick, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, Norwood, Plainville, Sharon, Sherborn, Southborough, Stow, Sudbury, Walpole, Waltham, Wayland, Wellesley, Weston, Westwood, Wrentham

Middlesex County economy

• 3.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.1% the month before

• 932,913

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 1,622,896

  people in Middlesex County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $126,779

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 61%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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