Elmwood Park, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Accounts Receivable Specialist - Growth & Benefits AwaitMarcal Paper
- Civil Engineering Project Manager (PE, NJ/NY)Relevante
- Entry Level Civil EngineerYU & Associates
- Transportation Engineer Project ManagerYU Associates
- Principal Quality Engineer & AI Quality ArchiEllkay
- Sr. Manager QA Technology & InnovationEllkay
- Enterprise Account ExecutiveEllkay
- Medical Director |Elmwood Park, NJCareVet Home
- Network EngineerRedStream Technology
- Sr. Manager QE Technology & InnovationEllkay
Employers hiring most in Elmwood Park
- Ellkay4 open roles
- CareVet Home1 open role
- Marcal Paper1 open role
- RedStream Technology1 open role
- Relevante1 open role
- YU & Associates1 open role
- YU Associates1 open role
Elmwood Park layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
168
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods LLCTakes effect Dec 30, 2026 | Elmwood Park | 168 | — | State record |
Bergen 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 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.5%, down 1.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+7,923 jobs), hotels & food (+2,638 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: management of companies (−2,719 jobs), admin & staffing (−2,649 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Elmwood Park. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Oprah-backed chain to lay off 89 N.J. workers after bankruptcy filing, closing of both state restaurantsYahoo Finance · Oct 6, 2026
- Chain to lay off 89 N.J. workers after closing both restaurants in stateNJ.com · Oct 6, 2026
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Bergen County economy
3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.8% the month before
540,988
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
954,717
people in Bergen County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$123,715
median household income
Source: Census ACS
53%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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