Taunton, MA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Taunton

• Taunton Maintenance ManagerPrysmian S.p.A.
• Taunton Process EngineerPrysmian S.p.A.
• Senior R&D Materials EngineerPrysmian S.p.A.
• Lean Transformation ManagerPrysmian S.p.A.
• Senior Product Development EngineerPrysmian S.p.A.
• Taunton Product Development Senior EngineerPrysmian S.p.A.
• Controls EngineerPrysmian S.p.A.
• Quality EngineerPrysmian S.p.A.
• Landscape Project Manager Taunton, MA $100k–130k#twiceasnice Recruiting
• Commercial Lines Account ManagerPatriot Growth Insurance Services

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Employers hiring most in Taunton

1. Prysmian S.p.A.8 open roles
2. Waters6 open roles
3. Patriot Growth Insurance Services3 open roles
4. Amazon2 open roles
5. #twiceasnice Recruiting1 open role
6. Actalent1 open role
7. Clark Wood1 open role
8. Novus Foods1 open role
9. Numotion1 open role
10. Suffolk Construction Company1 open role

Taunton layoffs

No layoff notices naming Taunton 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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Bristol 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 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 2.9% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.5%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,491 jobs), other services (+352 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,370 jobs), manufacturing (−980 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Taunton. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Christopher & Nate’s Cafe in Fall River announce that they are closing this monthFall River Reporter · Nov 4, 2026
• Christopher's Café Closing Fall River Spot This Month, Eyes New CityHoodline · Nov 3, 2026

Learn and get funded in Taunton

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

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• Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board DBA MassHire Greater Brockton Workforce Board

  Towns: Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Hanson, Stoughton, West Bridgewater, Whitman

• Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, Inc., dba MassHire Greater New Bedford Workforce Board

  Towns: Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Rochester, Wareham

• MassHire Bristol Workforce Board

  Towns: Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Fall River, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton, Westport

• MassHire Taunton Career Center

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  Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm

Bristol County economy

• 4.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.7% the month before

• 313,254

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 578,436

  people in Bristol County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $84,198

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 40%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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