Hightstown, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers

4 open professional jobs in Hightstown. Hightstown is in Mercer County.

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Jobs in Hightstown

Director of EngagementThe Peddie School
Associate Director Leadership GivingThe Peddie School
Process EngineerHovione
Data EngineerBeaconFire

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Employers hiring most in Hightstown

The Peddie School2 open roles
BeaconFire1 open role
Hovione1 open role

Hightstown layoffs

No layoff notices naming Hightstown 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.

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Mercer 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 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.2%, down 1.7 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,012 jobs), hotels & food (+709 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−2,591 jobs), finance & insurance (−1,182 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

Zwicker's AI Worker Protection Bill Passes out of Committeeinsidernj · Oct 1, 2026
Fired by ChatGPT? NJ lawmakers want new rules for how employers use AINew Jersey 101.5 · Sep 29, 2026

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Hightstown. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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

Mercer County Workforce Development Board
Mercer

Mercer County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.9% the month before
197,461
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
383,286
people in Mercer County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$96,333
median household income
Source: Census ACS
49%
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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