Golden, CO jobs, layoffs and employers

65 open professional jobs in Golden. Golden is in Jefferson County.

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Employers hiring most in Golden

  1. Loft Orbital22 open roles
  2. Rendezvous Robotics4 open roles
  3. Alliance for Sustainable Energy3 open roles
  4. Fervo Energy3 open roles
  5. Molson Coors Beverage3 open roles
  6. Department of Energy Headquarters2 open roles
  7. Kinective2 open roles
  8. Moody's2 open roles
  9. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage2 open roles
  10. Passfort2 open roles

Golden layoffs

No layoff notices naming Golden 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 Golden

Colleges in Golden
CollegeTypeStudents
Colorado School of MinesPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

Where Golden ranks

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

Jefferson 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 0.9% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 0.5% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 4.1%, up 0.5 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,002 jobs), finance & insurance (+1,183 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−2,514 jobs), information (−1,380 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Golden. 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, Serving Jefferson, Clear Creek, and Gilpin Counties

    Golden · Comprehensive

    Monday through Thursday 8:00am-4:00pm, Virtual only on Friday

Jefferson County economy

  • 4.1%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.6% the month before

  • 330,197

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 579,715

    people in Jefferson County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $107,800

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 53%

    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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