Worcester, MA jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Worcester
- HR Generalist Full-Cycle HR for a Mission-Driven TeamEaster Seals of Massachusetts
- Senior Director Emergency Medicine, Medical CenterUmass Memorial Health Care
- Director, Perioperative ServicesUmass Memorial Health Care
- Sr EPIC Application Systems Analyst, ClinDoc, Orders.Milford Regional Medical Center
- Sr Apps/Systems Analyst - ERP (Talent Performance and HCM Core)Milford Regional Medical Center
- Lead Medical Technologist - Core Lab Generalist, 40hr, EveMilford Regional Medical Center
- Senior FinOps Financial AnalystUmass Memorial Health Care
- Clinical Transplant Education & Outreach Manager, 40 Hours, DaysMilford Regional Medical Center
- Anesthesia Support Manager, 40 Hours, DaysUmass Memorial Health Care
- Philanthropy Support Services ManagerUmass Memorial Health Care
Employers hiring most in Worcester
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute16 open roles
- Umass Memorial Health Care9 open roles
- AbbVie8 open roles
- Hanover Insurance Group7 open roles
- Sustainable Comfort5 open roles
- Tenet Healthcare5 open roles
- University of Massachusetts Medical School5 open roles
- Amazon4 open roles
- Milford Regional Medical Center4 open roles
- The Hanover Insurance Group4 open roles
Worcester layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Worcester 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 Worcester
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Private nonprofit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| Worcester State University | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| Assumption University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Clark University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Worcester. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- MassHire Central Region Workforce Board
Towns: Auburn, Blackstone, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, Grafton, Hardwick, Holden, Hopedale, Leicester, Mendon, Milford, Millbury, Millville, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Northborough, Northbridge, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbridge, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Upton, Uxbridge, Warren, Webster, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westborough, Worcester
- MassHire Franklin Hampshire Workforce Board
Towns: Amherst, Ashfield, Athol, Belchertown, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Chesterfield, Colrain, Conway, Cummington, Deerfield, Easthampton, Erving, Gill, Goshen, Granby, Greenfield, Hadley, Hatfield, Hawley, Heath, Huntington, Leverett, Leyden, Middlefield, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northampton, Northfield, Orange, Pelham, Petersham, Phillipston, Plainfield, Rowe, Royalston, Shelburne, Shutesbury, South Hadley, Southampton, Sunderland, Ware, Warwick, Wendell, Westhampton, Whately, Williamsburg, Worthington
- MassHire North Central Workforce Board
Towns: Ashburnham, Ashby, Ayer, Barre, Berlin, Bolton, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Groton, Harvard, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leominster, Lunenburg, Pepperell, Princeton, Shirley, Sterling, Templeton, Townsend, Westminster, Winchendon
- Metro South/West Workforce Board, Inc.
Towns: Acton, Ashland, Bedford, Bellingham, Boxborough, Brookline, Canton, Carlisle, Concord, Dedham, Dover, Foxborough, Framingham, Franklin, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Marlborough, Maynard, Medfield, Medway, Millis, Natick, Needham, Newton, Norfolk, Norwood, Plainville, Sharon, Sherborn, Southborough, Stow, Sudbury, Walpole, Waltham, Wayland, Wellesley, Weston, Westwood, Wrentham
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Worcester County economy
4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.8% the month before
474,497
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
861,664
people in Worcester County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$93,561
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Worcester County
- Devens118 jobs
- Westborough109 jobs
- Milford40 jobs
- Leominster19 jobs
- Fitchburg16 jobs
- Northborough15 jobs
- Auburn15 jobs
- Shrewsbury13 jobs
- Southborough13 jobs
- Harvard10 jobs
- Charlton7 jobs
- Sturbridge6 jobs
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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.