Sussex County, NJ jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Sussex County economy
4.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.4% the month before
79,711
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
145,117
people in Sussex County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$114,316
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Sussex County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Sussex 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 Sussex 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.
- Celldex Therapeutics17 open roles
- Celldex8 open roles
- Celldex6 open roles
- Thorlabs6 open roles
- Atlantic Health System3 open roles
- American Recruiting and Consulting Group1 open role
- Celldex Therapeutics1 open role
- Colinear Aerospace1 open role
- Colliers Engineering & Design1 open role
- Confidential Property Management1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Sussex County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Workforce Development Board of Northwest New Jersey (Morris Sussex Warren Counties)
Morris, Sussex, Warren
Sussex County One Stop Career Center
Newton · Comprehensive · 973-383-2775
8:30-4:30 Monday - Friday
Cities in Sussex County
Other New Jersey counties
Laid off or looking for work in Sussex County?
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from New Jersey’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.