Newport, RI jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Newport

• Technical WriterNoblis
• Systems Engineer (SME)Govcio
• Senior Software Engineer / Task ManagerSeacorp
• Systems Engineer IIISeacorp
• Logistician IISeacorp
• Software Engineer IISeacorp
• Electrical Systems EngineerSeacorp
• Systems Engineer - Safety AnalysisSeacorp
• Submarine Systems EngineerSeacorp
• Navigation Systems EngineerSeacorp

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Employers hiring most in Newport

1. Seacorp10 open roles
2. Arcfield5 open roles
3. Indus Technology5 open roles
4. Pyramid Global Hospitality4 open roles
5. Bureau of Naval Personnel2 open roles
6. Booz Allen Hamilton1 open role
7. Caci, Inc. - Federal1 open role
8. ClearanceJobs1 open role
9. Co-Dough1 open role
10. Delphi Us1 open role

Newport layoffs

No layoff notices naming Newport 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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Colleges in Newport

Conferences in Newport

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Newport. 1 with dates announced.

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Newport 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 6.1% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 2.9% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.3%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: professional & technical (+812 jobs), hotels & food (+409 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• I-95 will close overnight in Cranston this weekend. Here's how to avoid it.The Draft Wire · Oct 14, 2026

Learn and get funded in Newport

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

Laid off in Rhode Island? How to file for unemployment in Rhode Island (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

• Rhode Island Governor's Workforce Board

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Newport County economy

• 2.3%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.0% the month before

• 41,772

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 85,095

  people in Newport County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $100,859

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 48%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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