Bridgewater, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers

133 open professional jobs in Bridgewater. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Bridgewater is in Somerset County.

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Employers hiring most in Bridgewater

  1. Legend Biotech16 open roles
  2. Amneal Pharmaceuticals14 open roles
  3. Ingredion10 open roles
  4. Bausch Health7 open roles
  5. Catalent Pharma Solutions7 open roles
  6. Ceva Animal Health US5 open roles
  7. Avantor4 open roles
  8. Confidential4 open roles
  9. Mallinckrodt4 open roles
  10. Artech3 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Bridgewater

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Bridgewater layoffs

  • 1

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 68

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

Layoff notices filed in Bridgewater, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Cellares CorporationTakes effect Nov 19, 2026Bridgewater68—State record

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Where Bridgewater ranks

Where Bridgewater placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

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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Workforce development and job centers

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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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Sources: Layoff notices from New Jersey’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. New Jersey unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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