Chicopee, MA jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Recruiter - On SiteJ Polep Distribution Services
- HR Administrative AssistantMental Health Association - Western MA
- Mortgage Loan OfficerPeoplesBank
- Engineering Services ManagerUFP Technologies
- Associate Project EngineerUFP Technologies
- Project EngineerUFP Technologies
- Senior Engineering Manager - MedTechUFP Technologies
- Manufacturing EngineerManufacturing Company
- Manufacturing Engineer IIPlanet Pharma
- Accounting ManagerYankee Home
Employers hiring most in Chicopee
- UFP Technologies4 open roles
- Rotatingmachinery3 open roles
- Mental Health Association - Western MA2 open roles
- Charter Communications1 open role
- Hyatt-Fennell1 open role
- J Polep Distribution Services1 open role
- J. Polep Distribution Services/ The NCD1 open role
- JMJ Phillip1 open role
- Manufacturing Company1 open role
- Notch Mechanical1 open role
Chicopee layoffs
No layoff notices naming Chicopee 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 Chicopee
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| College of Our Lady of the Elms | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Hampden 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 3.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.3%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: management of companies (+586 jobs), other services (+352 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: health care (−1,631 jobs), manufacturing (−1,622 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Chicopee. 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 Hampden County Workforce Board, Inc.
Towns: Agawam, Blandford, Brimfield, Chester, Chicopee, East Longmeadow, Granville, Hampden, Holland, Holyoke, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson, Montgomery, Palmer, Russell, Southwick, Springfield, Tolland, Wales, West Springfield, Westfield, Wilbraham
Hampden County economy
5.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.3% the month before
225,875
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
462,853
people in Hampden County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,535
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
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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