Pacifica, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Pacifica
- Field Sales RepresentativeAT&T
- Engineering ManagerCity of Pacifica
- Front End Entry LevelAlbertsons Companies
- Front End Entry LevelSafeway
- Property ManagerEquity Lifestyle Properties
Employers hiring most in Pacifica
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- AT&T1 open role
- City of Pacifica1 open role
- Equity Lifestyle Properties1 open role
- Safeway1 open role
Pacifica layoffs
No layoff notices naming Pacifica 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.
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 Pacifica. 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 Pacifica
- 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 Pacifica. 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
San Mateo; Cities: Cupertino, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale
San Mateo County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
410,701
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: Layoff 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. California unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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