Pawtucket, RI jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Pawtucket

• Plant ManagerNautilus Defense
• Service ManagerRollins College
• Training SpecialistThe Fedcap Group
• UnderwriterCoastal1 Credit Union
• Senior Brand Manager: Grow Iconic Toy BrandsSchylling
• Senior Global Brand ManagerMindlance
• Senior Financial AnalystPet Food Experts
• Brand ManagerHasbro
• Engineering ManagerDelphi Us
• Integration EngineerDelphi Us

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Employers hiring most in Pawtucket

1. Delphi Us3 open roles
2. Boys & Girls Clubs Of America1 open role
3. Cintas1 open role
4. Coastal1 Credit Union1 open role
5. Hasbro1 open role
6. Mindlance1 open role
7. Nautilus Defense1 open role
8. Pet Food Experts1 open role
9. Rollins College1 open role
10. Schylling1 open role

Pawtucket layoffs

• 2

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 639

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 2

  employers

All layoff notices in the state

Providence 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 3.1% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 2.8% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.3%, down 0.9 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+5,389 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+3,780 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−2,424 jobs), admin & staffing (−1,718 jobs)

Local job-market news

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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 Pawtucket. 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).

• Providence/Cranston Workforce Development Board

  Cities: Cranston, Providence

• Rhode Island Governor's Workforce Board

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Providence County economy

• 3.3%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.2% the month before

• 350,743

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 658,977

  people in Providence County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $78,204

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 41%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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