Jersey City, NJ jobs, layoffs and employers
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Jobs in Jersey City
- Sr. Director, Medical & Scientific Affairs - Specialty Testing - (USA REMOTE)Danaher
- Director of FP&A and Business TranformationRobert Half
- Senior Associate DevOps Engineer, Digital Assets Technology EnablementDTCC- The Depository Trust & Clearing
- DevSecOps Engineering Senior AssociateDTCC- The Depository Trust & Clearing
- Technical Data AnalystMarchon Partners
- Entry-Level Direct Marketing Associate (New Graduates Welcome)NEH Marketing
- Senior Programmer Analyst consultant-------------*****Must be a US citizen or full GC only-----------------Need LocalsUSM Systems
- Futures Clearing Operations AnalystMission Staffing
- Procurement SpecialistHyundai Rotem USA
- Corporate Credit Research Analyst - Investment Grade Industrials SectorLord, Abbett
Employers hiring most in Jersey City
- DTCC99 open roles
- JPMorgan Chase29 open roles
- Verisk Analytics29 open roles
- Amazon22 open roles
- Innovasolutions18 open roles
- Royal Bank of Canada13 open roles
- TEKsystems12 open roles
- Chase10 open roles
- AvePoint9 open roles
- Bank of America9 open roles
Jersey City layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Jersey 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 Jersey City ranks
- #6 Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Northeast 16%
- #6 Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Mid-Atlantic 16%
- #8 Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Northeast $142k
- #8 Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Northeast 138 openings
- #10 Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Mid-Atlantic $142k
- #11 Best cities for director and executive jobs 27%
Hudson 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 0.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, down 1.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,777 jobs), hotels & food (+1,882 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,941 jobs), finance & insurance (−1,848 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Jersey City. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Jersey City hospital closure spurs bill to appoint a receiver when a hospital closes without state approvaljerseyvindicator · Oct 5, 2026
- Cannabis Lounge Opening, Chip City Closes, Plus More News You Missed in Hoboken + Jersey CityHoboken Girl · Oct 2, 2026
- Global banking firm trims 75 jobs in N.J. amid fresh wave of layoffsYahoo · Oct 2, 2026
- Banking giant plans to cut 75 jobs in N.J. as layoff notices keep piling upNJ.com · Oct 2, 2026
Learn and get funded in Jersey 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 Jersey 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).
Hudson County economy
4.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.4% the month before
432,288
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
710,478
people in Hudson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$90,032
median household income
Source: Census ACS
49%
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 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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