Rockaway, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Outside Sales Representative84 Lumber
- Install Manager84 Lumber
- Financial Advisor - PNC Wealth ManagementPNC Financial Services Group
- Key Account Manager - Bilingual Preferred (English/Spanish)SiteOne Landscape Supply
- JD Edwards E1 DeveloperHuman Capital Ventures
- Mortgage Loan OfficerFulton Bank, National Association
Employers hiring most in Rockaway
- 84 Lumber2 open roles
- Fulton Bank, National Association1 open role
- Human Capital Ventures1 open role
- PNC Financial Services Group1 open role
- SiteOne Landscape Supply1 open role
Rockaway layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
187
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enablx, Inc.Takes effect Dec 31, 2026 | Rockaway Twp. | 187 | — | State record |
Morris 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 2.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.5%, down 1.3 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+6,522 jobs), hotels & food (+2,028 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−2,084 jobs), manufacturing (−1,363 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
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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
Morris County economy
3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.8% the month before
276,643
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
510,375
people in Morris County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$134,929
median household income
Source: Census ACS
56%
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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