Newton, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Data AnalystThorlabs
- Executive Administrative AssistantConfidential Property Management
- Senior Executive Assistant to COO | Project & CalendarConfidential Property Management
- Associate Vice President Bridge Structural LeadThe LiRo Group
- Senior Associate Civil EngineerThe LiRo Group
- Medical Staff Credentialing Specialist II - Full-Time - Atlantic Health Newton Medical CenterAtlantic Health System
- Lead CV Invasive SpecialistAtlantic Health System
- Director, Nursing, Atlantic Health Newton Medical CenterAtlantic Health System
- Accounting ManagerProject Self-Sufficiency
- Assistant Project ManagerThe LiRo Group
Employers hiring most in Newton
- Atlantic Health System3 open roles
- The LiRo Group3 open roles
- Confidential Property Management2 open roles
- Project Self-Sufficiency1 open role
- Sargento1 open role
- Sussex County Community College1 open role
- Thorlabs1 open role
Newton layoffs
No layoff notices naming Newton 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.
Sussex 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 3.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.7%, down 1.5 points from a year ago
Learn and get funded in Newton
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Newton. 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).
- Workforce Development Board of Northwest New Jersey (Morris Sussex Warren Counties)
Morris, Sussex, Warren
Sussex County One Stop Career Center
Newton · Comprehensive · 973-383-2775
8:30-4:30 Monday - Friday
Sussex County economy
3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.2% the month before
79,575
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
145,117
people in Sussex County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$114,316
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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