Douglas County, CO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Douglas County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 132 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Douglas County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
222,728
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
368,283
people in Douglas County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$145,737
median household income
Source: Census ACS
58%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Douglas County ranks

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

November 2026

#2Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Mountain West58% · of 55
#4Counties with the most jobs in AI-exposed sectors in the Mountain West34% · of 40
#6Best county job markets for job seekers in the Mountain West53 / 100 · of 15
#12Fastest-growing job markets in the Mountain West+5.0% · of 28
#15Best counties for laid-off professionals in the Mountain West28 / 100 · of 15
#15Counties with the most job openings per unemployed person in the Mountain West2 per 100 · of 15

Douglas 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 5.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 10.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.0%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,513 jobs), professional & technical (+1,571 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−606 jobs), admin & staffing (−426 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

'Won't be empty long.' Jerzee's closing downtown Canton | ExclusiveCanton Repository on MSN · Oct 7, 2026

Learn and get funded in Douglas 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.

Douglas County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Douglas 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 Douglas 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.

Kiewit Infrastructure South14 open roles
Sikorsky Aircraft13 open roles
Charles Schwab12 open roles
Kiewit Infrastructure West12 open roles
Arcadis6 open roles
Kiewit6 open roles
Kiewit Infrastructure West6 open roles
Lockheed Martin Services6 open roles
Lockheed Martin Services6 open roles
MYR Group4 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Douglas 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).

Arapahoe/Douglas Workforce Development Board
Arapahoe, Douglas

Cities in Douglas County

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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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