Kearny, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Kearny

• Principal Magnet Cryogenics EngineerThea Energy
• Principal HTS Magnet EngineerThea Energy
• Vice President - HTS Magnet EngineeringHitachi Ventures GmbH
• Station Customer Service LeadCencora
• Director - Commercial DevelopmentThea Energy
• Director - Divertor and Plasma Material InteractionsThea Energy
• Systems EngineerThea Energy
• Electrical R&D EngineerThea Energy
• Administrative Assistant & Office CoordinatorAutomatic Data Processing
• Brand & Product Marketing SpecialistBindi North America

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Employers hiring most in Kearny

1. Thea Energy9 open roles
2. Raycap4 open roles
3. Amazon2 open roles
4. Bindi North America2 open roles
5. Automatic Data Processing1 open role
6. Cencora1 open role
7. Herzog Foundation Resource Management1 open role
8. Hitachi1 open role
9. Hitachi Ventures GmbH1 open role

Kearny layoffs

No layoff notices naming Kearny 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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Hudson 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 0.6% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.8% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.8%, down 1.5 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,777 jobs), hotels & food (+1,882 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,941 jobs), finance & insurance (−1,848 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• New Jersey community mourns closure of family-owned restaurant after nearly 30 years: 'Absolutely heartbreaking'People on MSN · Nov 6, 2026
• Jersey City hospital closure spurs bill to appoint a receiver when a hospital closes without state approvaljerseyvindicator · Oct 5, 2026
• Cannabis Lounge Opening, Chip City Closes, Plus More News You Missed in Hoboken + Jersey CityHoboken Girl · Oct 2, 2026
• Global banking firm trims 75 jobs in N.J. amid fresh wave of layoffsYahoo · Oct 2, 2026
• Banking giant plans to cut 75 jobs in N.J. as layoff notices keep piling upNJ.com · Oct 2, 2026

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Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Hudson County/Jersey City Workforce Development Board

  Hudson

Hudson County economy

• 3.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  5.3% the month before

• 427,066

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 710,478

  people in Hudson County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $90,032

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 49%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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