Nevada County, CA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meNevada County economy
4.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.9% the month before
47,496
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
102,452
people in Nevada County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$84,905
median household income
Source: Census ACS
45%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Nevada County ranks
Where Nevada County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
Nevada 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 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 0.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.8%, down 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+706 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Nevada County. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Road closures in Chico after crash knocks down power linesKRCR News Channel 7 on MSN · Oct 7, 2026
Learn and get funded in Nevada 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.
Nevada County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Nevada 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.
Employers hiring most in Nevada 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.
- Vail Resorts7 open roles
- Pacific Clinics2 open roles
- Banner1 open role
- BoxPower1 open role
- Truckee Sanitary District1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Nevada County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in California? How to file for unemployment in California (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Northern Rural Training Employment Workforce Development Board
Butte, Del Norte, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity
Alliance for Workforce Development, Inc. (Business and Career Network)
Grass Valley · Affiliate · 530-328-1953
Monday – Friday, Resource Center Open: 8:30am-4:30pm
Cities in Nevada County
Other California counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from California’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. California unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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