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Fort Collins, CO jobs, layoffs and employers

170 open professional jobs in Fort Collins. Fort Collins is in Larimer County.

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Jobs in Fort Collins

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Employers hiring most in Fort Collins

  1. Anduril Industries18 open roles
  2. Woodward16 open roles
  3. Advanced Energy13 open roles
  4. Advanced Micro Devices12 open roles
  5. HP12 open roles
  6. Anduril9 open roles
  7. Veralto8 open roles
  8. Persistent Systems4 open roles
  9. Agriculture, Rural Development3 open roles
  10. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service3 open roles

Fort Collins layoffs

No layoff notices naming Fort Collins 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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Colleges in Fort Collins

Colleges in Fort Collins
CollegeTypeStudents
Colorado State University-Fort CollinsPublic 4-year20,000+

Where Fort Collins ranks

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

November 2026

Larimer 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 0.8% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 4.8% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.5 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,830 jobs), arts & recreation (+491 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: retail (−995 jobs), construction (−823 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Fort Collins. 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).

  • Larimer County Economic & Workforce Development

    Fort Collins · Comprehensive · 970-498-6600

    Monday through Friday, 8 am - 5 pm

Larimer County economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.7% the month before

  • 204,208

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 363,561

    people in Larimer County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $91,364

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 49%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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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