Safford, AZ jobs, layoffs and employers

5 open professional jobs in Safford. Safford is in Graham County.

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Director of Mt. Graham International Observatory (Safford, AZ)University of Arizona
Procurement ManagerBrunel
Senior Human Resources GeneralistFreeport-McMoRan
Senior Electrical EngineerFreeport-McMoRan
Environmental Specialist II or Environmental Scientist II or Environmental Engineer IIFreeport-McMoRan

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Employers hiring most in Safford

Freeport-McMoRan3 open roles
Brunel1 open role
University of Arizona1 open role

Safford layoffs

No layoff notices naming Safford 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.

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Graham 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 14.3% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.3%, down 0.1 points from a year ago

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Workforce development and job centers

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Southeastern Arizona Workforce Development Board
Cochise, Graham, Greenlee

ARIZONA@WORK - Graham County Business and Workforce Development Center
Safford · Affiliate · 928-432-6932
Monday - Friday 8:00AM-5:00PM

Graham County economy

4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
17,341
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
38,860
people in Graham County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,326
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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