Plainsboro, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Senior Manager, Consumer Marketing & Social LaunchNovo Nordisk A/S
- Senior Manager, Patient Support Data & InsightsBioSpace
- Clinical Regulatory Affairs ManagerLiberty Personnel Services
- Pharmacy Operations ManagerPenn Medicine
- Senior Medical Writing ManagerAllSTEM Connections
- Quality Assurance Engineer IIIntegra LifeSciences
- Accounting ManagerAddition Management
- Director, Strategic Pricing and ContractingNovo Nordisk
- Market Access Channel Strategy Trade DirectorNovo Nordisk
- Associate Director of NovoCare Consumer Social and Digital MarketingNovo Nordisk
Employers hiring most in Plainsboro
- Novo Nordisk20 open roles
- Novo Nordisk4 open roles
- Novo Nordisk a S4 open roles
- Novo Nordisk A/S3 open roles
- BioSpace2 open roles
- Addition Management1 open role
- AllSTEM Connections1 open role
- AmTrust Financial1 open role
- Bancroft A New Jersey Nonprofit1 open role
- Department of Energy Headquarters1 open role
Plainsboro layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
108
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Novo NordiskTakes effect Dec 31, 2026 | Plainsboro | 108 | — | State record |
Middlesex 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 0.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.2%, down 1.6 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+9,033 jobs), finance & insurance (+1,522 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−9,708 jobs), retail (−2,376 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Plainsboro. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Popular ramen chain shuts Freehold and Quakerbridge Mall spots this OctoberNew Jersey 101.5 · Oct 12, 2026
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Middlesex County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.8% the month before
458,606
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
861,535
people in Middlesex County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$109,028
median household income
Source: Census ACS
49%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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