Manhattan, NY jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Manhattan
- Child Care Center Director -Manhattan, New YorkBright Horizons Family Solutions
- Vice President, PeopleJustice Innovation
- Head of AI Strategy and EnablementConfidential
- Center DirectorLearning Care Group
- Regional Sales Manager, Urology - NYCTeleflex
- Highway Design - Project ManagerGreenman-Pedersen
- High-End Commercial Senior Project Manager | NYCMichael Page
- Bridge Engineering Project ManagerGreenman-Pedersen
- Assistant Project Manager - Construction - ManhattanMichael Page
- Michael Page Recruiter | NYC Hybrid | $70K-$85K + BonusMichael Page
Employers hiring most in Manhattan
- Michael Page6 open roles
- SelectLeaders4 open roles
- Confidential3 open roles
- Bond Vet2 open roles
- Food Management Search2 open roles
- Greenman-Pedersen2 open roles
- Justice Innovation2 open roles
- Accenture1 open role
- Bright Horizons Family Solutions1 open role
- Cain International1 open role
Manhattan layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Manhattan in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Manhattan. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- New York City Workforce Development Board
Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens
New York County economy
4.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.4% the month before
965,914
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
1,627,788
people in New York County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$104,553
median household income
Source: Census ACS
65%
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 York’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.