Lakewood, CO jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Lakewood

• ServiceNow Developer IIIAmerican Systems
• Systems Administrator Systems IIAmerican Systems
• Engineer 4Pike
• Sales Manager | Camden LakewayCamden Property Trust
• Dynalectric Company - Project Manager Special ProjectsEmcor
• Medical DirectorVCA Animal Hospitals
• Director of Business Development (Commercial Construction)K2 Staffing
• Manager - Electrical Engineering (Utilities)Atwell
• IT Systems AdministratorInitial
• Senior Director of OperationsBlackbird Recruiting

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Employers hiring most in Lakewood

1. Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories5 open roles
2. Bureau of Reclamation4 open roles
3. Energy Fuels4 open roles
4. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage4 open roles
5. Western Area Power Administration4 open roles
6. PNC Financial Services Group3 open roles
7. American Systems2 open roles
8. Camden Property Trust2 open roles
9. CarHop2 open roles
10. Federal Emergency Management Agency2 open roles

Lakewood layoffs

No layoff notices naming Lakewood 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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Conferences in Lakewood

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Lakewood. No dates announced yet for the next edition.

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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 Lakewood

• 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 Lakewood. 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

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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