Merced County, CA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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
Merced County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Merced County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Merced County
Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.
- Los Banos Unified2 open roles
- Memorial Hospital Logansport2 open roles
- Merced Community College2 open roles
- Merced Irrigation District2 open roles
- PureStar2 open roles
- University of California Merced2 open roles
- Berliner Cohen1 open role
- Brightpath Associates1 open role
- Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System1 open role
- Carters1 open role
Largest employers headquartered in Merced County
- 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.
Colleges in Merced County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California-Merced | Merced | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Merced County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- PROSPERO WORKFORCE BOARD
Merced
Prospero at Breaking Barriers
Los Banos · Comprehensive · 209-724-6043
Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm
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.
Cities in Merced County
- Merced20 jobs
- Los Banos3 jobs
- Livingston3 jobs
Other California counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from California’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.