Hillsboro, OR jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Hillsboro

• Senior Systems Engineer - Hillsboro, ORRohde & Schwarz
• Center DirectorLearning Care Group
• Property ManagerDigital Realty Trust
• Site Engineer IIIDigital Realty Trust
• Chief Human Resources OfficerWashington County OR
• Facilities Division ManagerWashington County OR
• Solid Waste & Recycling ManagerWashington County OR
• Assistant County AdministratorWashington County OR
• Housing Development CoordinatorWashington County OR
• Procurement ManagerWashington County OR

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Employers hiring most in Hillsboro

1. American Society for Microbiology16 open roles
2. Washington County OR11 open roles
3. Microsoft10 open roles
4. Synopsys10 open roles
5. Applied Materials7 open roles
6. JE Dunn Construction7 open roles
7. Intel5 open roles
8. Onto Innovation5 open roles
9. Rambus5 open roles
10. Skanska USA5 open roles

Hillsboro layoffs

No layoff notices naming Hillsboro 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.

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Washington 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 down 1.6% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.8% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.1%, down 1.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+6,003 jobs), arts & recreation (+1,180 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−6,544 jobs), admin & staffing (−2,522 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Vice chair of Portland school board makes case for closures as parents push back on proposalKGW on MSN · Nov 4, 2026
• Portland Refugee Service Warns Of LayoffsKBND · Nov 3, 2026
• Portland refugee service provider faces 73 layoffs amid federal funding cutsKOIN on MSN · Nov 2, 2026
• Portland Public Schools has a $65M budget gap, district says, necessitating hundreds of layoffsKGW · Nov 2, 2026
• Portland nonprofit could lay off 73 if federal grants for migrant children aren’t renewedKGW · Nov 2, 2026
• “Make Them More Dangerous”: ESPN Analyst Says Ja Morant’s Injury Layoff Will Benefit BlazersBasketball News · Oct 30, 2026
• Commentary: The prosaic reasons behind school closuresYahoo · Oct 29, 2026
• The prosaic reasons behind school closuresOregon Capital Chronicle · Oct 29, 2026

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

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• Portland-Metro Workforce Development Board

  Multnomah, Washington

Washington County economy

• 4.1%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  5.2% the month before

• 345,574

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 600,266

  people in Washington County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $104,434

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 50%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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