Bagdad, AZ jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Autonomous Mining Data Analyst & Reliability SpecialistSGS Consulting
- Senior AccountantFreeport-McMoRan
- Senior Electrical EngineerFreeport-McMoRan
- Senior Engineering SpecialistFreeport-McMoRan
- Senior Human Resources GeneralistFreeport-McMoRan
- Senior Project EngineerFreeport-McMoRan
- Senior Service Maintenance SpecialistFreeport-McMoRan
- Senior Mechanical EngineerFreeport-McMoRan
- Accountant IIFreeport-McMoRan
- Planner IIFreeport-McMoRan
Employers hiring most in Bagdad
- Freeport-McMoRan14 open roles
- SGS Consulting1 open role
Bagdad layoffs
No layoff notices naming Bagdad in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Yavapai County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 5.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.7%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,400 jobs), admin & staffing (+772 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−419 jobs)
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- Embry-Riddle Prepares Students for AI-Driven Aerospace Careers Through NASA-Funded InitiativeThe Prescott Times · Oct 9, 2026
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- Yavapai County
Yavapai
Yavapai County economy
4.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
104,422
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
241,656
people in Yavapai County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,106
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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