Golden, CO jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Golden
- Senior Specialist - BrewingMolson Coors Beverage
- Grocery/Bulk ManagerNatural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage
- Sr Systems EngineerTomorrow
- Machine Learning Engineer-Computer VisionPassfort
- Machine Learning Engineer-Computer VisionPassfort
- Home Health Sales and Business Development Representative GoldenATN Healthcare
- Inside Sales RepresentativeSpartan Investment Group
- Store Operations ManagerCubeSmart
- Director, Product Management, Data IntelligenceKinective
- People Business PartnerKinective
Employers hiring most in Golden
- Loft Orbital22 open roles
- Rendezvous Robotics4 open roles
- Alliance for Sustainable Energy3 open roles
- Fervo Energy3 open roles
- Molson Coors Beverage3 open roles
- Department of Energy Headquarters2 open roles
- Kinective2 open roles
- Moody's2 open roles
- Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage2 open roles
- 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.
Colleges in Golden
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado School of Mines | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Where Golden ranks
Where Golden placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #19Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Mountain West36 openings · of 22
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)
Learn and get funded in Golden
- 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 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 Board Jefferson, Clear Creek, Gilpin
Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson
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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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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