Kentwood, MI jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Kentwood

• Sales DirectorApplied Industrial Technologies
• Shop Lead SpecialistGLOBAL INDUSTRIAL
• Lead Electrical Sustaining Engineer - AerospaceEaton
• Senior Sustaining Electrical EngineerEaton
• Team Lead, AppleTree of KentwoodLearning Care Group
• Vice President of Information TechnologyRoskam Foods
• Customer Service ManagerHobby Lobby
• Program CoordinatorProfessional Service Industries
• Graphic DesignerSnelling
• Supply Chain ManagerRoskam-Foods-1

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Employers hiring most in Kentwood

1. Applied Industrial Technologies2 open roles
2. Eaton2 open roles
3. Trane Technologies2 open roles
4. UFP Industries2 open roles
5. GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL1 open role
6. Hobby Lobby1 open role
7. Learning Care Group1 open role
8. Professional Service Industries1 open role
9. Ram Construction Services of Michigan1 open role
10. Roskam Foods1 open role

Kentwood layoffs

No layoff notices naming Kentwood 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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Kent 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 3.3% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.7%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,083 jobs), construction (+2,467 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,602 jobs), admin & staffing (−1,434 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Northpointe Bank announces 338 layoffs following agreement with CMG to sell mortgage origination channelsWZZM13 on MSN · Nov 5, 2026

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• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

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• West Michigan Works! Workforce Development Board

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Kent County economy

• 3.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.9% the month before

• 332,968

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 658,844

  people in Kent County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $80,390

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 42%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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