Manhattan, NY jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Manhattan

• Sr. Primary & Excess Surplus lines UnderwriterSouth Bay Search
• Senior Job Captain Architect: Healthcare DivisionFood Management Search
• Senior Project Manager: Workplace interiors. Architecture FirmFood Management Search
• Tax Legal AssistantFood Management Search
• Staff Software Engineer - Front EndCompass
• Sales Account Executive (Manhattan, NY)Rewards Network
• Center DirectorLearning Care Group
• Naval Architect - Kiewit Infrastructure EngineersKiewit
• Assistant Director - Clinical Transit Homeless OutreachBowery Residents Committee
• Clinical Engagement Coordinator - Jack Ryan ResidenceBowery Residents Committee

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Employers hiring most in Manhattan

1. Bowery Residents Committee10 open roles
2. Michael Page10 open roles
3. SelectLeaders6 open roles
4. Food Management Search3 open roles
5. Bond Vet2 open roles
6. Human Capital Ventures2 open roles
7. Justice Innovation2 open roles
8. Parsons2 open roles
9. Cain International1 open role
10. Client Staffing Solutions1 open role

Manhattan layoffs

No layoff notices naming Manhattan 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.

All layoff notices in the state

New York 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 5.1% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 1.3% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.7%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+26,308 jobs), finance & insurance (+25,488 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−14,311 jobs), manufacturing (−2,537 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Manhattan. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Former Mets Reliever Laments Changes At SNY After LayoffsYahoo Sports · Nov 10, 2026
• What's next for LI's Sal Licata after being part of SNY layoffs?Newsday · Nov 10, 2026
• NY sports media host responds to layoffAwful Announcing on MSN · Nov 8, 2026
• Mets Regional Network Hit With Massive Cutbacks, LayoffsYahoo Sports · Nov 7, 2026
• Sports network undergoes massive layoffsAwful Announcing on MSN · Nov 6, 2026
• SNY ends two weekday studio programsSports Media Watch · Nov 6, 2026
• Sny cancels SportsNite and Baseball Night in New York on FridayEl-Balad · Nov 6, 2026
• Report: SNY Cancels Two Programs Amidst Major LayoffsMetsmerized Online · Nov 6, 2026

Learn and get funded in Manhattan

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• 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 Manhattan. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• New York City Workforce Development Board

  Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens

New York County economy

• 4.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  5.3% the month before

• 963,288

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 1,627,788

  people in New York County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $104,553

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 65%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS