Rochester, MI jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Director of Research Compliance and IntegrityOakland University
- Senior Treasury AnalystOakland University
- IT Financial/Budget AnalystOakland University
- Project Manager - Land DevelopmentAtwell
- Civil Engineer – Land DevelopmentAtwell
- Arts & Culture Marketing & Communications CoordinatorOakland University
- Head of Engineering, Sterile InjectablesPaladin Labs
- Pharmacy Relationship Manager - Remote Growth & SavingsHealthcare Marketing Group
- Facilities ManagerCity of Rochester Hills
- Supplier Quality EngineerA Raymond
Employers hiring most in Rochester
- Oakland University9 open roles
- Atwell2 open roles
- A Raymond1 open role
- City of Rochester Hills1 open role
- Greystar1 open role
- Healthcare Marketing Group1 open role
- Paladin Labs1 open role
Rochester layoffs
No layoff notices naming Rochester 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.
Oakland 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 0.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.7%, up 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+13,567 jobs), finance & insurance (+3,666 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−10,843 jobs), admin & staffing (−5,489 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Rochester. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Events & Festivalswaterfordcouncil · Oct 16, 2026
- Latest News & Announcementswaterfordcouncil · Oct 16, 2026
Learn and get funded in Rochester
- 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 Rochester. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Michigan? How to file for unemployment in Michigan (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
Oakland County economy
4.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
686,120
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
1,272,294
people in Oakland County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$95,296
median household income
Source: Census ACS
54%
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 Michigan’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. Michigan unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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