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East Orange, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers

East Orange is in Essex County.

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East Orange layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming East Orange in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving East Orange. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

  • Essex County One Stop Center

    East Orange · Comprehensive · 973-395-3220

    8:30-4:30 Monday - Friday

Essex County economy

  • 5.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    7.2% the month before

  • 429,447

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 854,130

    people in Essex County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $76,712

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 42%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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.