Watsonville, CA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Watsonville
- Sr. Project Controls Engineer - Planning and SchedulingGranite Construction Company
- AI Applications & Data Analytics LeadGranite Construction Company
- Sr. General Accounting ManagerGranite Construction Company
- Project Manager (Heavy Civil)Granite Construction Company
- Safety Manager (Federal Project)Granite Construction Company
- Accountant IIIGranite Construction Company
- Engineer III (Heavy Civil)Granite Construction Company
- Data Solutions AnalystGranite Construction Company
- Payroll Tax AccountantGranite Construction Company
- DIRECTOR, FISCAL SERVICESPajaro Valley Unified School District
Employers hiring most in Watsonville
- Granite Construction Company9 open roles
- Hoxton Circle2 open roles
- Driscoll's1 open role
- Embark Behavioral Health1 open role
- Joby Aviation1 open role
- Ohalo Genetics1 open role
- Pajaro Valley Unified School District1 open role
- Reyes Holdings1 open role
Watsonville layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Watsonville in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Watsonville. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Santa Cruz County, Workforce, Watsonville Career Center
Watsonville · Comprehensive · 831-763-8933
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm Closed 12:00 noon - 1pm
Santa Cruz County economy
5.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.6% the month before
138,998
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
266,021
people in Santa Cruz County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$109,266
median household income
Source: Census ACS
48%
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.