Santa Clara, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Santa Clara
- Trade Compliance AnalystMarvell
- APC Director, Medical Specialties (Bay Area, CA)Sutter Health
- Production PlannerOLSA Resources
- Recruiting CoordinatorUnknown Planner
- Marketing CoordinatorInterSources
- Vice President, HR Technology and People OperationsCoherent
- Director of Construction and Real EstateCoherent
- Director of Customer Program ManagementCoherent
- Sr. Applications ManagerCoherent
- Senior ASIC Design ManagerCoherent
Employers hiring most in Santa Clara
- Pure Storage102 open roles
- Advanced Micro Devices96 open roles
- Amazon96 open roles
- Nvidia83 open roles
- Qualcomm Inc/De74 open roles
- Element AI69 open roles
- Zscaler52 open roles
- Marvell Technology45 open roles
- Celestial AI43 open roles
- Coherent43 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Santa Clara
- Nvidiaabout 42,000 employees (2026)
- Palo Alto Networksabout 14,000 employees (2024)
- Advanced Micro Devices20,001–100,000 employees
- Applied Materials20,001–100,000 employees
- Arista Networks5,001–20,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Santa Clara layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Santa Clara 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 Santa Clara
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Conferences in Santa Clara
Industry conferences and trade shows held in Santa Clara. 6 with dates announced.
- MEDevice Silicon Valley
Nov 18 to Nov 19, 2026 · Santa Clara, CA
Free expo floor; session passes $0 to $199. Expo free if pre-registered; $199 at the door; hands-on workshops extra.
- DesignCon
Feb 2 to Feb 4, 2027 · Santa Clara, CA
Paid ticket. Prices are on the registration page, not captured.
- DeveloperWeek
Feb 9 to Feb 11, 2027 · Santa Clara, CA
Free expo floor; session passes $195 to $1,395. Open pass $195 (limited access); Pro pass early-bird tiers from $785 rising to…
- AI DevWorld
Feb 9 to Feb 11, 2027 · Santa Clara, CA
Ticket $1,535 to $2,195. PRO $1,535 and PREMIUM $2,195 per structured data; Hyatt block $299/night. Startup Alley free passes by…
Open call for speakers
- ProductWorld
Feb 9 to Feb 11, 2027 · Santa Clara, CA
Paid ticket. Price not read (official site blocks scripted fetch).
Open call for speakers
- Sensors Converge
Jun 8 to Jun 10, 2027 · Santa Clara, CA
Free expo, paid sessions. A free early-access pass is offered; full conference pricing not shown.
Open call for speakers · deadline Oct 23, 2026
- RoboBusiness
Usually October (next dates not announced) · Santa Clara, CA
Paid ticket. Prices are on the registration page, not captured.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Santa Clara. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- NOVA Workforce Development Board
San Mateo; Cities: Cupertino, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale
- work2future - Silicon Valley Workforce Development Board
Santa Clara; Cities: San Jose, Stanford
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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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.