Keene, NH jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Keene

• Director of OperationsAmetek
• Senior Mechanical EngineerAmetek
• Marketing AssociateMargaritas
• Inside Sales Account Manager - Southwest TerritoryPC Connection
• Regional WC Claims ManagerC&S Wholesale Grocers
• Manufacturing EngineerLabine and Associates
• Engineering Manager - Keene, NHMichael Page
• Senior Supply Chain Manager/ Purchasing ManagerLaBine & Associates
• Manufacturing EngineerLaBine & Associates
• Product ManagerAmetek SCP

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Employers hiring most in Keene

1. Timken4 open roles
2. Timken3 open roles
3. Ametek2 open roles
4. Ametek Inc/2 open roles
5. C&S Wholesale Grocers2 open roles
6. Daymon2 open roles
7. LaBine & Associates2 open roles
8. Ametek SCP1 open role
9. BestLogic Staffing1 open role
10. Fortive1 open role

Keene layoffs

No layoff notices naming Keene 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.

Colleges in Keene

Cheshire 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 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 1.9%, down 1.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−555 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Layoffs more than doubled in 10 states in 2026. New Hampshire recorded the fastest rise.International Business Times on MSN · Oct 29, 2026

Learn and get funded in Keene

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

Laid off in New Hampshire? How to file for unemployment in New Hampshire (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

• Business and Economic Affairs, Office of Workforce Opportunity

  Serves all of New Hampshire

• NH WORKS - Keene

  Keene · Comprehensive · 603-352-1904

  8AM - 4:30PM Monday to Friday

Cheshire County economy

• 1.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.1% the month before

• 40,060

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 76,945

  people in Cheshire County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $81,001

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 39%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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