Norwood, MA jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Lead Product ManagerIllinois Tool Works
- Global Segment Manager - MaterialsIllinois Tool Works
- Buyer 2Illinois Tool Works
- Mechanical EngineerIllinois Tool Works
- Associate Sales Engineer – Southern CaliforniaIllinois Tool Works
- Technical Program ManagerIllinois Tool Works
- Senior Manager of Environmental ServicesRepublic Services
- Assistant Branch Manager I Norwood BranchRockland Trust Company
- Director of Engineering, Semiconductor Test GroupCohu
- Senior FPGA EngineerCohu
Employers hiring most in Norwood
- FM10 open roles
- Home Market Foods10 open roles
- Illinois Tool Works7 open roles
- Cohu5 open roles
- Applied Industrial Technologies4 open roles
- Moderna3 open roles
- Moderna Therapeutics3 open roles
- AccentCare2 open roles
- Ametek Inc/2 open roles
- International Association for Fire Safety Science2 open roles
Norwood layoffs
No layoff notices naming Norwood 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.
Where Norwood ranks
Where Norwood placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Northeast3.7% · of 69
- #1Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in New England3.7% · of 27
- #7Best cities for junior jobs in Massachusetts24% · of 20
- #8Best cities for AI-skill jobs in New England13% · of 28
- #11Best college towns for junior jobs in New England26% · of 19
- #11Best cities for director and executive jobs in New England26% · of 28
Norfolk 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 up 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,795 jobs), admin & staffing (+2,228 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−2,011 jobs), finance & insurance (−1,075 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Norwood
- 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 Norwood. 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).
- Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board DBA MassHire Greater Brockton Workforce Board
Towns: Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Hanson, Stoughton, West Bridgewater, Whitman
- MassHire SouthShore Workforce Board
Towns: Braintree, Carver, Cohasset, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Middleborough, Milton, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Quincy, Randolph, Rockland, Scituate, Weymouth
- 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
MassHire Norwood Career Center
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Norfolk County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
415,556
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
724,540
people in Norfolk County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$126,497
median household income
Source: Census ACS
59%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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