Fall River, MA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Fall River

• Manager, Software Engineer- Fall RiverL3HARRIS Technologies
• Clinical Team LeaderElwyn California
• Team Lead - Rehabilitation Services Acute RehabSouthcoast Hospitals Group
• Director of Guardianship and Rep Payee ServicesFamily Service Association - Fall River
• Facilities ManagerFall River Public Schools
• Facilities ManagerFall River School District
• IT Business Analyst: ERP & Process OptimizationJSI Cabinetry
• Senior Quality Engineer - Aerospace/Medical - Fall River, MAMichael Page
• Remote Account ExecutiveThe Wood Agency Life
• Bilingual Dealership Account Manager - Fall River, MALendbuzz

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Employers hiring most in Fall River

1. Amazon4 open roles
2. AccentCare2 open roles
3. Celldex Therapeutics2 open roles
4. Innovasolutions2 open roles
5. L3HARRIS Technologies2 open roles
6. Atlantis Charter School1 open role
7. Cresco Labs1 open role
8. Elgen Staffing1 open role
9. Elwyn California1 open role
10. Fall River Five Cents Savings Bank1 open role

Fall River layoffs

No layoff notices naming Fall River 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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Bristol 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 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 2.9% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.5%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,491 jobs), other services (+352 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,370 jobs), manufacturing (−980 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Christopher & Nate’s Cafe in Fall River announce that they are closing this monthFall River Reporter · Nov 4, 2026
• Christopher's Café Closing Fall River Spot This Month, Eyes New CityHoodline · Nov 3, 2026

Learn and get funded in Fall River

• 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 Fall River. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board DBA MassHire Greater Brockton Workforce Board

  Towns: Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Hanson, Stoughton, West Bridgewater, Whitman

• Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, Inc., dba MassHire Greater New Bedford Workforce Board

  Towns: Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Rochester, Wareham

• MassHire Bristol Workforce Board

  Towns: Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Fall River, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton, Westport

• MassHire Fall River Career Center

  Fall River · Comprehensive · 508-730-5000

  Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm

Bristol County economy

• 4.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.7% the month before

• 313,254

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 578,436

  people in Bristol County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $84,198

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 40%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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