Fort Lee, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Corporate Credit Analyst - Loans & Client GrowthBank-of-Hop
- Credit Analyst - CBGBank-of-Hop
- Accounts Payable SpecialistLHH
- Senior HR Generalist: Strategic Partner & Employee RelationsKedrion Biopharma GmbH
- Senior VP, Chief Accounting Officer FinTech GrowthCross River
- Head of DevOpsConfero
- Leasing ConsultantBozzuto
- Staff Accountant (AP/AR)Twosome Place
- VP, Fraud Prevention & MonitoringCross River
- SVP, TokenizationCross River
Employers hiring most in Fort Lee
- Cross River4 open roles
- Bank-of-Hop2 open roles
- Defense Commissary Agency2 open roles
- Bozzuto1 open role
- Clark Davis Associates1 open role
- Confero1 open role
- Confidential1 open role
- Kedrion Biopharma GmbH1 open role
- LHH1 open role
- Safeway1 open role
Fort Lee layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
97
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPIC TheatersTakes effect May 28, 2026 | Fort Lee | 97 | — | 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 Fort Lee. 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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- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in New Jersey? How to file for unemployment in New Jersey (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
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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