Bend, OR jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Restaurant FOH + BOH Manager Openings | Restaurant ManagementGecko Hospitality
- Talent Acquisition ManagerUpstream Rehabilitation
- Environmental Project Manager / Senior NEPA SpecialistApex Companies
- Assistant Front Office ManagerPyramid Global Hospitality
- Director Strategic Procurement ManagerDSJ Global
- Forensic Scientist 1 (Forensic Scientist Entry Underfill Option) – Biology Processing and Crime Scene/Field Investigation DisciplinesNational Board Of Osteopathic Medical Examiners
- Territory Manager Market Support - Central Oregon (Bend, OR Area) Bilingual Spanish a PlusUS Foods Holding
- Mortgage Loan OfficerSelco Community Credit Union
- Vice President of SalesSpecialized Recruiting Group - Central Oregon
- Vice President Human ResourcesRobert Half
Employers hiring most in Bend
- Add-On Criteria5 open roles
- Apex Companies2 open roles
- DSJ Global2 open roles
- G.A. Rogers & Associates2 open roles
- PrideStaff2 open roles
- Turner Construction2 open roles
- AKS Engineering1 open role
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- Anheuser-Busch1 open role
- Capstone1 open role
Bend layoffs
No layoff notices naming Bend 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 Bend
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon State University-Cascades Campus | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Deschutes 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 5.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,451 jobs), hotels & food (+712 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−312 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Bend
- 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.
- 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 Bend. 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).
- East Cascades Works
Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler
Bend Vocational Rehabilitation
Bend · Affiliate · 541-388-6336
Monday - Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm
WorkSource Oregon - Deschutes County - Bend
Bend · Affiliate · 541-388-6070
Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Deschutes County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.7% the month before
111,956
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
203,026
people in Deschutes County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$87,640
median household income
Source: Census ACS
45%
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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