Foster City, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
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Jobs in Foster City
- Senior Director, Applied AI Solutions- Clinical Drug DevelopmentGilead Sciences
- Senior Director, Commercial Product Strategy HIV TreatmentGilead Sciences
- Director, Quality Assurance ComplianceGilead Sciences
- Director of US Pricing & Contracting Strategy, VirologyGilead Sciences
- Exec Director, Regulatory RWE Strategy and InnovationGilead Sciences
- Associate Director, HIV Treatment DTP MarketingGilead Sciences
- Associate Director, Sales Analytics and OperationsGilead Sciences
- Associate Director, Global Commercial Project ManagementGilead Sciences
- Principal Scientist, BiologyGilead Sciences
- Senior Manager, Supplier Strategy and Management, Parenteral PackagingGilead Sciences
Employers hiring most in Foster City
- Gilead Sciences185 open roles
- Zoox155 open roles
- Replit32 open roles
- Gilead28 open roles
- Manpower23 open roles
- Alten Technology USA13 open roles
- Zuora13 open roles
- Qualys12 open roles
- Conviva8 open roles
- Pismo7 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Foster City
- Gilead Sciences, Inc.about 17,000 employees (2026)
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Foster City layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Foster City in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Where Foster City ranks
- #1 Best cities for pay after cost of living $208k
- #1 Best cities for pay after cost of living in the West Coast $208k
- #1 Best cities for pay after cost of living in California $208k
- #1 Best cities for director and executive jobs in the West Coast 38%
- #3 Best cities for director and executive jobs 38%
- #11 Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the West Coast 24%
San Mateo County outlook: Cooling
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs down 3.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+6,866 jobs), hotels & food (+3,546 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−18,948 jobs), manufacturing (−4,940 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Foster City. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Aria Networks plans to triple workforce with Sunnyvale moveThe Business Journals · Oct 16, 2026
Learn and get funded in Foster City
- 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 Foster City. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in California? How to file for unemployment in California (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- NOVA Workforce Development Board
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San Mateo County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
408,396
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
745,100
people in San Mateo County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$156,000
median household income
Source: Census ACS
55%
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 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.
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