Woonsocket, RI jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineer - AutomationHoneywell International
- Director - Plant OperationsCentral Valley Medical Center
- Clinical SupervisorPrime Healthcare
- HR CoordinatorManufacturing
- Senior Actuary: Large Group Pricing & Trend AnalyticsInternationalinsuranceprofessionals
- Sr. Construction Project ManagerApex Systems
- Field Service Engineer IHoneywell International
- Omnichannel Experience Design DirectorCVS Health
- Manager - Patient ExperienceCentral Valley Medical Center
- Sr React Software EngineerBranding Brand
Employers hiring most in Woonsocket
- Branding Brand2 open roles
- CVS Health2 open roles
- Honeywell International2 open roles
- Apex Systems1 open role
- Central Valley Medical Center1 open role
- Central Valley Medical Center1 open role
- Circana1 open role
- Compunnel1 open role
- Internationalinsuranceprofessionals1 open role
- Manufacturing1 open role
Woonsocket layoffs
No layoff notices naming Woonsocket 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.
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
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Woonsocket. 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
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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 Woonsocket. 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
Bristol, Kent, Newport, Providence, Washington
Woonsocket American Job Center
Woonsocket · Affiliate · 401-235-1201
M - Th 8:00am – 3:30pm; F - 10:00am-3:30pm
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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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Rhode Island’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. Rhode Island unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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