Atlantic City, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers

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Jobs in Atlantic City
- Sales RepresentativeSysco
- Electronics Engineer (FV-J)Federal Aviation Administration
- Test Engineer (Systems/Network)Noblis
- Network Security EngineerNoblis
- Cloud / SRE EngineerNoblis
- Territory Account Manager - Atlantic City, NJHeartflow
- TSA Airport Screening Operations ManagerCulmen International
- Computer Scientist (FV-I)Federal Aviation Administration
- Senior Mechanical Engineer - HVACParsons
- Principal Electrical EngineerParsons
Employers hiring most in Atlantic City
- Caesars Entertainment7 open roles
- Noblis3 open roles
- Contemporarystaffing2 open roles
- Federal Aviation Administration2 open roles
- Parsons2 open roles
- PrideStaff2 open roles
- AirGarage1 open role
- Culmen International1 open role
- CVS HEALTH1 open role
- Fresenius Medical Care Holdings1 open role
Atlantic City layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Atlantic City in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Where Atlantic City ranks
Where Atlantic City placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #5Cities hosting the most business conferences in the Northeast9 conferences · of 9
- #7Cities hosting the most business conferences in the Mid-Atlantic9 conferences · of 12
- #12Cities hosting the most legal services conferences2 conferences · of 17
- #21Cities hosting the most government & public sector conferences2 conferences · of 29
Atlantic County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.8%, down 2.0 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,023 jobs), arts & recreation (+799 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: professional & technical (−537 jobs), retail (−448 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Atlantic City
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Atlantic City. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in New Jersey? How to file for unemployment in New Jersey (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
Atlantic County economy
4.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
6.8% the month before
138,374
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
274,704
people in Atlantic County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$76,819
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Atlantic County
- Hamilton52 jobs
- Egg Harbor19 jobs
- Hammonton12 jobs
- Mays Landing8 jobs
- Pleasantville3 jobs
- Northfield3 jobs
- Galloway2 jobs
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from New Jersey’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.
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