Edwards, CO jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Branch Manager IUMB Financial
Employers hiring most in Edwards
- UMB Financial1 open role
Edwards layoffs
No layoff notices naming Edwards 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.
Eagle 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 4.0% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+325 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Edwards. 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
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Edwards. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
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Edwards Workforce Center
Edwards · Comprehensive · 970-926-4440
Temporarily Closed, Please call 970-945-8638 or 970-668-5360 to schedule a virtual or in-person appointment.
Eagle County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.0% the month before
33,165
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
55,374
people in Eagle County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$103,174
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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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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