Navajo County, AZ jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Navajo County’s unemployment rate is 6.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Navajo County economy

6.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
6.5% the month before
37,124
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
107,744
people in Navajo County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,752
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Navajo County ranks

Where Navajo County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#3Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Southwest12.3 per 10,000 · of 97
#17Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person12.3 per 10,000 · of 100

Navajo County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 4.8% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 6.6%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+320 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Navajo County

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Navajo County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Navajo County 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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Employers hiring most in Navajo 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.

Indian Health Service2 open roles
Albertsons Companies1 open role
Blue Stone Strategy Partners1 open role
Safeway1 open role
Vestas1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Navajo County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Arizona? How to file for unemployment in Arizona (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

ARIZONA@WORK Northeastern
Apache, Gila, Navajo

Hopi Tribe Career Center
Kykotsmovi · Affiliate · 928-734-3531
8:00am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday
Arizona Department of Economic Security - Show Low
Pinetop · Comprehensive · 928-532-4326
Mon - Fri 8 -5
Department of Economic Security - Winslow Office
Winslow · Affiliate · 928-289-4644
Monday- Friday 7:30am to 5:00pm

Cities in Navajo County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Arizona’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Arizona unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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