Merced, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Merced
- Farm Market ManagerMerced Community College
- Budget AnalystMerced Community College
- Professional Engineer - Electrical EngineeringMerced Irrigation District
- Manager Care CoordinationMemorial Hospital Logansport
- Manager EducationMemorial Hospital Logansport
- Hospital PresidentCommonspirit Health
- Commercial Insurance Account Manager, TransportationInterWest Insurance Services
- IT Business Manager (Hybrid)University of California Merced
- HVAC Project Manager – University of California MercedJohnson Controls International
- Client Services CoordinatorJohnson Controls
Employers hiring most in Merced
- Memorial Hospital Logansport2 open roles
- Merced Community College2 open roles
- Merced Irrigation District2 open roles
- University of California Merced2 open roles
- Berliner Cohen1 open role
- Brightpath Associates1 open role
- Carters1 open role
- Commonspirit Health1 open role
- Global Channel Management1 open role
- InterWest Insurance Services1 open role
Largest employers headquartered in Merced
- University of California Merced1,001–5,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Merced layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Merced 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 Merced
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of California-Merced | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Merced. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- PROSPERO WORKFORCE BOARD
Merced
EDD Merced WSB / Merced County Worknet
Merced · Comprehensive
Monday- Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; First Thursday of every month 8:00 am - 7:00 pm.
Merced County economy
8.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
9.4% the month before
121,939
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
285,597
people in Merced County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,044
median household income
Source: Census ACS
26%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Merced County
- Los Banos3 jobs
- Livingston3 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.