Newark, DE jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Newark
- AWM- PMG, Associate/ VPJPMorgan Chase
- AEC Proposal Marketing CoordinatorJohnson,-Mirmiran-
- Private Bank - Global Families Group - Client Service AssociateJ.P. Morgan
- Director of Manufacturing OperationsCoherent
- Staff Engineer, QualityCoherent
- Process Engineering LeadCoherent
- Production SupervisorCoherent
- Sr. R&D Machining EngineerCoherent
- R&D Machining EngineerCoherent
- R&D Prototype EngineerCoherent
Employers hiring most in Newark
- University of Delaware35 open roles
- Hologic18 open roles
- Qnity Electronics18 open roles
- Coherent8 open roles
- JPMorgan Chase8 open roles
- Atwell4 open roles
- Siemens Healthineers4 open roles
- Ametek Inc/3 open roles
- CNB Financial Corp/Pa3 open roles
- Testing Site - JPMC3 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Newark
- Lucid Motorsabout 6,500 employees (2023)
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Newark layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Newark 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 Newark
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Delaware | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Newark. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Delaware Workforce Development Board
Serves all of Delaware
Newark American Job Center
Newark · Comprehensive · 302-453-4350
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon - Fri
New Castle County economy
4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.5% the month before
298,464
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
573,030
people in New Castle County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$89,901
median household income
Source: Census ACS
47%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in New Castle County
- Wilmington403 jobs
- New Castle44 jobs
- Middletown11 jobs
- Newport7 jobs
- Bear6 jobs
- Hockessin3 jobs
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Delaware’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.