Wayne, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Vice President of AccountingHire Point Recruiting
- Senior Manager, Technical Accounting and Strategic InitiativesTeleflex
- Senior Director, Mortgage Servicing & OperationsValley National Bancorp
- Restaurant & Operations ManagerDave & Buster's Entertainment
- Provost & Senior Vice President for Academic AffairsConfidential
- Vice President of Information Technology, RestaurantsConfidential
- Director of DevelopmentChild Focus | CASA of Passaic and Union Counties
- Global Head of Regulatory Affairs, Surgical WorkflowsGetinge Group
- Strategic Director of Internal Audit & ComplianceThe William Paterson University of New Jersey
- Construction Project ManagerDobco
Employers hiring most in Wayne
- BAE Systems26 open roles
- Confidential2 open roles
- Macy's2 open roles
- Abacus Staffing1 open role
- Ametek Inc/1 open role
- Ametek SCP1 open role
- Aptimized1 open role
- BAE Systems USA1 open role
- Brenntag1 open role
- Child Focus | CASA of Passaic and Union Counties1 open role
Wayne layoffs
No layoff notices naming Wayne 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.
Colleges in Wayne
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| William Paterson University of New Jersey | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
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)
Learn and get funded in Wayne
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- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wayne. 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 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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