Smithfield, RI jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Smithfield

• Data Conversion AnalystSamprasoft
• Globality Bid - Data Engineer (PL/SQL)Software Technology
• Globality Data Engineer/Analyst with PowerBI(5+ year of exp)Samprasoft
• Data EngineerSamprasoft
• Senior Commercial Construction Project Manager - HVAC - Base Salary to 140k/year - Smithfield, RIAllSearch Professional Staffing
• Senior Manager, Automation & AI - (In-Person)Navigant Credit Union
• VP, Internal AuditNavigant Credit Union
• Operations ManagerUlta Beauty
• Senior Manager, ContractsFidelity Investments
• Software EngineerEliassen Group

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Employers hiring most in Smithfield

1. Samprasoft3 open roles
2. Navigant Credit Union2 open roles
3. AllSearch Professional Staffing1 open role
4. Eliassen Group1 open role
5. Fidelity Investments1 open role
6. Software Technology1 open role
7. Ulta Beauty1 open role

Smithfield layoffs

No layoff notices naming Smithfield 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 Smithfield

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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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Smithfield. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• Providence/Cranston Workforce Development Board

  Cities: Cranston, Providence

• Rhode Island Governor's Workforce Board

  Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington

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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