Gilpin County, CO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Gilpin County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Gilpin County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
3,609
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
5,877
people in Gilpin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$88,654
median household income
Source: Census ACS
55%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Gilpin 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 10.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.3 points from a year ago

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Gilpin County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Gilpin 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 Gilpin 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.

Caesars Entertainment2 open roles
Alpha Agency1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Gilpin County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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Workforce Colorado Board Jefferson, Clear Creek, Gilpin
Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson

Cities in Gilpin County

Black Hawk3 jobs

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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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