New Bedford, MA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in New Bedford
- Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerBuzzards Bay Coalition
- Vice President, Bay ScienceBuzzards Bay Coalition
- Laboratory Lead TechnologistSouthcoast Hospitals Group
- MFM Ultrasound Senior TechnologistSouthcoast Hospitals Group
- Radiology Transcription EditorSouthcoast Hospitals Group
- Senior Engineer-NetworkSouthcoast Hospitals Group
- Team Lead-Patient Care ServicesSouthcoast Hospitals Group
- Team Lead - Rehabilitation Services InpatientSouthcoast Hospitals Group
- Team Lead, MRISouthcoast Hospitals Group
- Outside Sales Representative - Fall River / New Bedford, MAUnifirst
Employers hiring most in New Bedford
- Southcoast Hospitals Group7 open roles
- Buzzards Bay Coalition2 open roles
- Elwyn California2 open roles
- Michael Page2 open roles
- Waste Connections2 open roles
- Acushnet Holdings1 open role
- Ametek SCP1 open role
- Atkore1 open role
- Brown University Health1 open role
- Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
New Bedford layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming New Bedford 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 New Bedford. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Brockton Area Workforce Investment Board DBA MassHire Greater Brockton Workforce Board
Towns: Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Hanson, Stoughton, West Bridgewater, Whitman
- Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, Inc., dba MassHire Greater New Bedford Workforce Board
Towns: Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Lakeville, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Rochester, Wareham
- MassHire Bristol Workforce Board
Towns: Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Fall River, Mansfield, North Attleborough, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton, Westport
MassHire Greater New Bedford Career Center
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Bristol County economy
4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.1% the month before
313,879
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
578,436
people in Bristol County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$84,198
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
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 Massachusetts’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.