Peabody, MA jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Branch ManagerQXO
- Human Resources DirectorSolomon Page
- Beauty Account Coordinator - ShiseidoMacy's
- Family Shelter Program CoordinatorMP RPO
- Associate Executive Director, Senior Living OperationsErickson Senior Living
- Vice President of QualityBridgewell
- Assistant Branch ManagerTruNorth Bank
- Commercial Credit Analyst IIITruNorth Bank
- Commercial Loan Officer Non-ProfitRockland Trust Company
- Commercial Loan Officer - CRERockland Trust Company
Employers hiring most in Peabody
- Ametek Inc/4 open roles
- Ametek SCP3 open roles
- Barton Associates2 open roles
- Casella Waste Systems2 open roles
- MP RPO2 open roles
- Rockland Trust Company2 open roles
- TruNorth Bank2 open roles
- Bridgewell1 open role
- CFS1 open role
- Erickson Senior Living1 open role
Peabody layoffs
No layoff notices naming Peabody 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.
Essex 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 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.3%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+5,381 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+5,332 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,564 jobs), finance & insurance (−1,314 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Peabody. 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 Merrimack Valley Workforce Board
Towns: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Merrimac, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Rowley, Salisbury, West Newbury
- MassHire-North Shore Workforce Board
Towns: Beverly, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Middleton, Nahant, Peabody, Rockport, Salem, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham
Essex County economy
4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
439,969
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
807,258
people in Essex County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$99,431
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
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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