Montrose County, CO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Montrose County economy

• 4.4%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.8% the month before

• 20,245

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 43,272

  people in Montrose County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $66,072

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 32%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Montrose 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 9.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 4.1% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.4%, up 0.6 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+602 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Montrose 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 Montrose 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.

Montrose County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Montrose 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.

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Employers hiring most in Montrose 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. Townsquare Media2 open roles
2. Avient1 open role
3. Davita1 open role
4. GPAC1 open role
5. Montrose Regional Health1 open role
6. National Park Service1 open role
7. Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage1 open role
8. ReBill1 open role
9. Senior Community Care of Colorado1 open role
10. Tri-State Generation and Transmission1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Montrose 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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• Workforce Colorado ~ Rural Alliance

  Montrose · Comprehensive · 970-249-7783

  8-5 Monday - Thursday, Friday by Appointment

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