Aspen, CO jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Interior Designer | IntermediateRH
- Interim OB ManagerConfidential
- Sales ManagerCompass
- Chief Information OfficerCity of Aspen
- Head of SchoolAspen Country Day School
- Branch ManagerPNC Financial Services Group
- Project Manager - Information Technology - Full timeAspen Valley Health
- Supervisory Air Traffic Control Specialist, Operations Supervisor (AT-FJ)Federal Aviation Administration
- Project ManagerPCL Construction
- Interim - Perinatal ManagerTidepoint Healthcare Staffing
Employers hiring most in Aspen
- Aspen Country Day School1 open role
- Aspen Valley Health1 open role
- City of Aspen1 open role
- Compass1 open role
- Confidential1 open role
- Federal Aviation Administration1 open role
- PCL Construction1 open role
- Pitkin County1 open role
- PNC Financial Services Group1 open role
- RH1 open role
Aspen layoffs
No layoff notices naming Aspen 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.
Conferences in Aspen
Industry conferences and trade shows held in Aspen. No dates announced yet for the next edition.
- Aspen Ideas Festival
Usually June (next dates not announced) · Aspen, CO
Paid ticket. 2026 festival June 25-July 1; pricing not listed; also Aspen Ideas Health, Climate, Economy.
Pitkin 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 up 3.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 4.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, up 0.5 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Aspen. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Los Alamos scientist’s AI materials startup to bring 80 jobs to Nambé PuebloYahoo Finance · Oct 20, 2026
- Pueblo commissioners eliminate receptionist jobs amid budget shortfallFighting Irish Wire · Oct 14, 2026
Learn and get funded in Aspen
- 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.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Aspen. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Colorado? How to file for unemployment in Colorado (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Workforce Colorado Rural Alliance Workforce Development Board
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Pitkin County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.9% the month before
11,350
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
17,119
people in Pitkin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$100,318
median household income
Source: Census ACS
46%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Aspen?
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Colorado’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Colorado unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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