Plymouth County, MA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Plymouth County economy
4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
293,954
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
531,889
people in Plymouth County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$109,698
median household income
Source: Census ACS
45%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Plymouth County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Plymouth 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 Plymouth 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.
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts8 open roles
- QualSpec8 open roles
- Westinghouse Electric6 open roles
- Amazon4 open roles
- Ironside Human Resources3 open roles
- Rivalia Chemical3 open roles
- Rockland Trust Company3 open roles
- TEKsystems3 open roles
- Aon2 open roles
- Carter's2 open roles
Colleges in Plymouth County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgewater State University | Bridgewater | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Plymouth County. 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 SouthShore Workforce Board
Towns: Braintree, Carver, Cohasset, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Middleborough, Milton, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Quincy, Randolph, Rockland, Scituate, Weymouth
MassHire Greater Brockton Career Center
Brockton · Comprehensive · 508-513-3400
Monday-Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Cities in Plymouth County
Other Massachusetts counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Massachusetts’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.