Ashland, OR jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Ashland
- Senior Director, Information TechnologyBlue Marble
- Director, Human ResourcesBlue Marble
- Director, Supply Chain OperationsBlue Marble
- Facilities ManagerOregon Shakespeare Festival
- Financial AnalystBlue Marble
- Front End Entry LevelSafeway
- Front End Entry LevelAlbertsons Companies
- Veterinary Practice Manager-OregonEncore Vet Group
Employers hiring most in Ashland
- Blue Marble4 open roles
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- Encore Vet Group1 open role
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival1 open role
- Safeway1 open role
Ashland layoffs
No layoff notices naming Ashland 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 Ashland
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Oregon University | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Jackson 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 1.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 0.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.7%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,373 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+320 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−997 jobs), manufacturing (−855 jobs)
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- 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 Ashland. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Oregon? How to file for unemployment in Oregon (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Rogue Workforce Partnership Workforce Board
Jackson, Josephine
Jackson County economy
4.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.5% the month before
109,826
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
222,563
people in Jackson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,443
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
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 Oregon’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. Oregon unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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