Lowell, MA jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Service ManagerXylem
- Corporate AttorneyMacom
- Test EngineerMacom
- AI Innovations Project SpecialistMacom
- Trauma Program ManagerTufts Medicine Care AT Home
- OR Project Lead, Environmental ServicesTufts Medicine Care AT Home
- Supervisor of ES and TransportTufts Medicine Care AT Home
- Medical Director, Community Behavioral HealthVinfen
- Lead Peer Specialist (Mental Health Services)Vinfen
- Youth and Families Clinical Supervisor MA BHASVinfen
Employers hiring most in Lowell
- Macom64 open roles
- UKG32 open roles
- Ultimate Kronos Group5 open roles
- Vinfen4 open roles
- Tufts Medicine Care AT Home3 open roles
- Arthur J. Gallagher2 open roles
- Confidential2 open roles
- Defense Contract Audit Agency2 open roles
- Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology2 open roles
- Gallagher2 open roles
Lowell layoffs
No layoff notices naming Lowell 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 Lowell
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Massachusetts-Lowell | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Where Lowell ranks
Where Lowell placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #3Best cities for mid-career professionals in New England57% · of 28
- #5Cities with the most hybrid jobs in New England19% · of 27
- #9Best cities for AI-skill jobs in New England12% · of 28
- #9Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Northeast57% · of 70
- #12Cities with the most hybrid jobs in the Northeast19% · of 69
- #13Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Northeast12% · of 70
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 Lowell. 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 Lowell
- 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 Lowell. 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.
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MassHire Lowell Career Center
Lowell · Comprehensive · 978-458-2503
Mon, Wed, Thur 8:00am - 5:00pm, Tues 8:00am-8pm; Friday 8:00am-12:00pm
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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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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