AT&T to cut 138 Cumberland County jobs in September 2026

Cumberland County is set to absorb another blow to its labor market when AT&T trims 138 jobs from its county operations on Sept. 15, 2026. The cut lands in a county where the median household income is $68,067, well below New Jersey’s $104,294, and where 13.5% of residents live in poverty compared with 9.2% statewide.

The layoffs arrive in a community that is already more vulnerable than much of the state. Cumberland County’s median age is 38.4, younger than New Jersey’s 40.1, but its income gap and higher poverty rate underscore how even a mid-sized corporate reduction can reverberate quickly through local households, spending and tax collections.

New Jersey’s WARN law requires employers with 100 or more workers to give advance notice of mass layoffs or closings, and the state Labor Department says its Rapid Response team can assist workers affected by plant closings or mass layoffs. That support can connect employees with unemployment services, job search help and retraining information as they prepare for a September deadline.

AT&T’s Cumberland County notice also fits into a broader pattern of reductions in New Jersey this year. The company filed other WARN notices in Bedminster, including one affecting 75 workers and another affecting 87 workers, both posted in 2026. Taken together, the notices point to a wider restructuring that extends beyond one county and raises questions about how much further the company may pare back its New Jersey footprint.

AT&T still has a consumer presence in the region, including stores in Vineland, among them a location at Cumberland Mall on Delsea Drive. But the WARN filing concerns county operations, not those retail outlets, meaning the job losses will hit office and operational workers rather than storefront staff.

For Cumberland County, the timing matters. A September layoff wave will arrive just as households head into the fall carrying higher living costs and a labor market that already trails the state on pay and poverty measures. The loss of 138 jobs will not only remove paychecks, it will test how much cushion the local economy has left.