Broomfield County, CO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Broomfield County economy

• 4.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.7% the month before

• 45,295

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 75,110

  people in Broomfield County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $121,025

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 61%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Broomfield 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 down 5.1% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 6.3% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.5 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,249 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: information (−1,757 jobs), manufacturing (−1,368 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Broomfield County. 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

Learn and get funded in Broomfield County

• 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.

Broomfield County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Broomfield County 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Broomfield County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

1. BAE Systems65 open roles
2. Anduril Industries30 open roles
3. Vail Resorts18 open roles
4. Anduril12 open roles
5. Elevations Credit Union7 open roles
6. Horizon Health And Wellness6 open roles
7. Albedo4 open roles
8. Comtech Telecommunications4 open roles
9. Horizon Family Brands3 open roles
10. Lightship3 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Broomfield County

• Lumen Technologies20,001–100,000 employees
• BALL5,001–20,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Broomfield County. 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 Rural Alliance Workforce Development Board

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• Broomfield Workforce Center

  Broomfield · Comprehensive · 303-464-5855

  M-F 8am-5pm

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