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Delta County, CO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Delta County’s unemployment rate is 5.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Delta County economy

  • 5.9%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    5.2% the month before

  • 11,275

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 31,353

    people in Delta County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $58,330

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Delta 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 6.6% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 3.6% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 5.9%, up 0.7 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Delta County. Each link goes to the publisher.

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Delta County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Delta 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 Delta 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. Albertsons Companies1 open role

Job fairs and business events in Delta County

Hiring events, career workshops and business events in and around Delta County.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Delta 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

    Alamosa, Archuleta, Baca, Bent, Broomfield, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Elbert, Fremont, Garfield, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Jackson, Kiowa, Kit Carson, La Plata, Lake, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Morgan, Otero, Ouray, Park, Phillips, Pitkin, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Summit, Washington, Yuma

  • Colorado Workforce Center at Delta

    Delta · Comprehensive · 970-874-5781

    Mon - Fri 8:00 - 5:00

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Colorado’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Colorado unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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