South Hadley, MA jobs, layoffs and employers

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South Hadley layoffs

No layoff notices naming South Hadley 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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Colleges in South Hadley

Colleges in South Hadley
College	Type	Students
Mount Holyoke College	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Hampshire 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 1.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 10.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.8%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors losing the most jobs: wholesale (−1,047 jobs), retail (−594 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving South Hadley. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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Hampshire County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.2% the month before
84,724
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
156,595
people in Hampshire County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$86,391
median household income
Source: Census ACS
50%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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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