Surprise, AZ jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Surprise
- Preschool Assistant DirectorCadence Education
- Plant Manager K-8Dysart Unified School District
- Polypropylene Extrusion Process EngineerBrightpath Associates
- Detention PREA Compliance ManagerGardaWorld Federal Services
- Sales Manager- RideNow SurpriseRideNow Group
- Hospital Operations ManagerGoodVets
- Plastics Process EngineerDavron
- Vice President FinanceHardestyLLC
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATORCity of Surprise, AZ
- CIVIL ENGINEER - ASSOCIATE SENIORCity of Surprise, AZ
Employers hiring most in Surprise
- Amazon2 open roles
- City of Surprise, AZ2 open roles
- Brightpath Associates1 open role
- Builders FirstSource1 open role
- Cadence Education1 open role
- Davron1 open role
- Dysart Unified School District1 open role
- GardaWorld Federal Services1 open role
- GoodVets1 open role
- HardestyLLC1 open role
Surprise layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Surprise in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Surprise
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Ottawa University-Surprise | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Surprise. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Maricopa County economy
4.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
2,446,067
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
4,491,987
people in Maricopa County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$85,518
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Arizona’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.