Passaic, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Director, Human ResourcesPrime Healthcare
- Director of Food and Nutrition ServicesPrime Healthcare
- Head of Data Science, Intelligence VenturesSpectrum
- Senior ActuaryParker B Associates
- Construction Project ManagerGlocap Tech
- Procurement Specialist: Margin-Smart Bid & SourcingAmerican Carpet South
- Procurement SpecialistAmerican Carpet South
- Senior HR Director, Healthcare & Workforce StrategyPrime Healthcare
- Medical Director Public Health / Vaccination ClinicVeracity Ventures
- Director of Case ManagementPrime Healthcare
Employers hiring most in Passaic
- Prime Healthcare3 open roles
- American Carpet South2 open roles
- Prime Healthcare2 open roles
- District1 open role
- Glocap Tech1 open role
- Parker B Associates1 open role
- Spectrum1 open role
- Veracity Ventures1 open role
Passaic layoffs
No layoff notices naming Passaic 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.
Passaic County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 5.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.7%, down 1.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+6,393 jobs), hotels & food (+753 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−813 jobs), retail (−776 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Passaic. 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).
Passaic County One Stop Career Center
Passaic · Comprehensive
8:30 - 4:30 Monday - Friday
Passaic County economy
4.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
6.5% the month before
275,879
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
518,289
people in Passaic County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$87,137
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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