Tehama County, CA jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meTehama County economy
5.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
6.1% the month before
27,799
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
65,520
people in Tehama County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,834
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Tehama County ranks
Where Tehama County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #18Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the West Coast6.1 per 10,000 · of 79
Tehama County outlook: Cooling
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs down 2.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.9%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+397 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Tehama 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
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- 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.
Tehama County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Tehama 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 Tehama 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.
- Walmart3 open roles
- Quanta Services2 open roles
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- Love's Travel Stops1 open role
- North Valley Services1 open role
- Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians1 open role
- Plumas Bank1 open role
- Reynolds Consumer Products1 open role
- Waste Connections1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Tehama 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
Job Training Center of Tehama County
Red Bluff · Comprehensive · 530-529-7000
M-TH 9am - 4:30pm
Cities in Tehama County
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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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