Berkeley, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Berkeley
- Program CoordinatorCSU Fresno Foundation
- Campaign Fundraising Manager - Student Visionaries of the Year - East BayBlood Cancer United
- Outpatient Rehabilitation Supervisor, Herrick CampusSutter Health
- Manager, NeurosciencesSutter Health
- Director, Medical StaffSutter Health
- Sr / Prin Mammography Technologist, Per Diem (Sign-on bonus eligible)University Of California San Francisco Foundation
- Lead Electrical EngineerAlten Technology USA
- Mechanical Systems EngineerAlten Technology USA
- Staff Electrical EngineerAlten Technology USA
- Senior Electrical Control Panel EngineerAlten Technology USA
Employers hiring most in Berkeley
- Form Energy91 open roles
- University of California, Berkeley14 open roles
- Rigetti Computing9 open roles
- Alten Technology USA7 open roles
- Glyphic Biotechnologies5 open roles
- Convergent Research4 open roles
- Kaiser Permanente4 open roles
- Liberate4 open roles
- Pyramid Global Hospitality4 open roles
- Terranova4 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Berkeley
- University of California, Berkeley5,001–20,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Berkeley layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Berkeley 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 Berkeley
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of California-Berkeley | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
| Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College-Berkeley | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Berkeley School of Theology | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| California Jazz Conservatory | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Church Divinity School of the Pacific | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Graduate Theological Union | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Institute of Buddhist Studies | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Pacific School of Religion | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| The Wright Institute | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Berkeley. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Alameda County Workforce Development Board
Alameda
- Oakland Workforce Development Board
City: Oakland
Alameda County economy
4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.1% the month before
855,567
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
1,651,949
people in Alameda County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$126,240
median household income
Source: Census ACS
55%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Alameda County
- Oakland595 jobs
- Fremont492 jobs
- Alameda210 jobs
- Pleasanton207 jobs
- Emeryville134 jobs
- Livermore127 jobs
- Newark119 jobs
- Hayward117 jobs
- San Leandro92 jobs
- Dublin49 jobs
- Castro Valley6 jobs
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from California’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.