Maynard, MA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Maynard

• IT Security EngineerCisco Systems
• Firmware Architect & Subsystem Technical Leader, AcaciaCisco Systems
• Optical Hardware Product EngineerCisco Systems
• Associate Applications Engineer I - Python & OpticsCisco
• Junior Software Engineer - Optical PlatformCisco
• Supervisory Emergency Management Specialist (Recovery) (GS-13)Federal Emergency Management Agency

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Employers hiring most in Maynard

1. Cisco Systems3 open roles
2. Cisco2 open roles
3. Federal Emergency Management Agency1 open role

Maynard layoffs

No layoff notices naming Maynard 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 Maynard. 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 Maynard

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

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• 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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