Salem, MA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Salem
- Assistant Vice President, Chief Human Resources OfficerSalem State University
- Lifecycle Marketing ManagerINSA
- Business Development RepresentativeIicrc
- MANAGER IN TRAININGAutozone
- Residential Mortgage OriginatorInstitution for Savings in Newburyport and Its Vicinity
- Human Services-Program Coordinator (S)Triangle
- Senior Tax ManagerGPAC
- Area ManagerAmazon
- Operations ManagerCVS Health
- Marketing Manager3P Partners
Employers hiring most in Salem
- 3P Partners1 open role
- Amazon1 open role
- Autozone1 open role
- CVS Health1 open role
- GPAC1 open role
- Iicrc1 open role
- INSA1 open role
- Institution for Savings in Newburyport and Its Vicinity1 open role
- Salem State University1 open role
- Triangle1 open role
Salem layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Salem 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 Salem
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Salem State University | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Salem. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- MassHire Merrimack Valley Workforce Board
Towns: Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Merrimac, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Rowley, Salisbury, West Newbury
- MassHire-North Shore Workforce Board
Towns: Beverly, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Marblehead, Middleton, Nahant, Peabody, Rockport, Salem, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Wenham
MassHire North Shore Career Center
Salem · Comprehensive · 978-825-7200
Mon - Thur 8:30am - 5pm; Fri 9:30am - 5pm
Essex County economy
4.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.8% the month before
442,473
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
807,258
people in Essex County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$99,431
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
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.