Basking Ridge, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Associate Director - Medical Analytics & Evidence GenerationUnicon Pharma
- Corporate Sales ManagerPyramid Global Hospitality
- Global Regulatory Affairs CMC Project ManagerDaiichi Sankyo
- Clinical Procurement ManagerAequor
- Manager, R&D ProcurementSource One Technical Solutions
- AWS Data Engineer with PostgreSQLE-Solutions
- Business Office Manager - Franklin Surgery CenterSCA Health
- Senior Revenue AccountantScientific Search
- Senior Revenue AccountantAucta Pharmaceuticals
- Financial AnalystBinding Minds
Employers hiring most in Basking Ridge
- Daiichi Sankyo13 open roles
- Peraton7 open roles
- LHC Group2 open roles
- Pyramid Global Hospitality2 open roles
- Unitedhealth Group2 open roles
- Aequor1 open role
- America Networks1 open role
- Arbor Company1 open role
- Aucta Pharmaceuticals1 open role
- Binding Minds1 open role
Basking Ridge layoffs
6
Layoff notices, last 12 months
687
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
3
employers
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OptumTakes effect Dec 7, 2026 | Basking Ridge | 57 | — | State record | |
| VerizonTakes effect Oct 16, 2026 | Basking Ridge | 282 | — | State record | |
| VerizonTakes effect Aug 7, 2026 | Basking Ridge | 156 | — | State record | |
| Optum Services Inc.Takes effect Aug 26, 2026 | Basking Ridge | 36 | — | State record | |
| VerizonTakes effect Sep 18, 2026 | Basking Ridge | 35 | — | State record | |
| VerizonTakes effect Aug 7, 2026 | Basking Ridge | 121 | — | State record |
Somerset County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 1.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.7%, down 1.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: professional & technical (+2,873 jobs), health care (+2,399 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−3,402 jobs), management of companies (−2,506 jobs)
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Laid off in New Jersey? How to file for unemployment in New Jersey (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board
Hunterdon, Somerset
Somerset County economy
3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.0% the month before
195,616
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
346,203
people in Somerset County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$135,960
median household income
Source: Census ACS
57%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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