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San Jose, CA jobs, layoffs and employers

2,140 open professional jobs in San Jose. San Jose is in Santa Clara County.

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Employers hiring most in San Jose

  1. Advanced Micro Devices120 open roles
  2. Cisco Systems114 open roles
  3. Supermicro96 open roles
  4. Astera Labs80 open roles
  5. Archer Aviation79 open roles
  6. Muon Space76 open roles
  7. Super Micro Computer66 open roles
  8. Samsung Semiconductor58 open roles
  9. Etched53 open roles
  10. Adobe45 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in San Jose

  • Flexabout 148,000 employees (2025)
  • Ciscoabout 86,000 employees (2025)
  • Broadcomabout 20,000 employees (2023)
  • NetAppabout 12,000 employees (2022)
  • Cohesityabout 5,800 employees (2026)
  • eBay5,001–20,000 employees
  • Okta5,001–20,000 employees
  • Calix1,001–5,000 employees
  • FormFactor1,001–5,000 employees
  • iRhythm1,001–5,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

San Jose layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming San Jose in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in San Jose

Colleges in San Jose
CollegeTypeStudents
San Jose State UniversityPublic 4-year20,000+

Conferences in San Jose

Industry conferences and trade shows held in San Jose. 5 with dates announced.

  • Bisnow West Coast Data Center Conference & Expo

    Dec 3, 2026 · San Jose, CA

    Ticket About $439. General ticket $439 (limited number at this price; rises once tier sells out).

  • NVIDIA GTC

    Mar 15 to Mar 18, 2027 · San Jose, CA

    Paid ticket. Pass types: Conference, Exhibits Only, Full-Day Workshops, Digital Only; prices not listed on the pricing page.

  • IoT Tech Expo North America

    Jun 16 to Jun 17, 2027 · San Jose, CA

    Free expo floor; session passes $0 to $499. Free Expo pass; Gold Pass shown at $499 (discounted); list price may rise.

  • ACM SIGKDD Conference (KDD)

    Aug 1 to Aug 5, 2027 · San Jose, CA

    Paid ticket. Registration prices not posted yet.

    Open call for speakers

  • AI Infra Summit

    Aug 30 to Sep 2, 2027 · San Jose, CA

    Paid ticket. Tickets sold through Book Tickets link; price not read.

  • Finance Alliance CFO Summit & FP&A Summit (San Jose)

    Usually February (next dates not announced) · San Jose, CA

    Free expo, paid sessions. CFO Summit is invite-only (VP and C-suite finance executives); FP&A Summit tickets are paid, price not…

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving San Jose. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • North San Jose America`s Job Center of California

    San Jose · Affiliate · 408-216-6200

    Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

  • San Jose Job Center

    San Jose · Comprehensive · 408-794-1101

    Monday - Friday 8a-5p

Santa Clara County economy

  • 4.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 1,034,313

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,903,297

    people in Santa Clara County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $159,674

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 59%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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.