Pitkin County, CO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pitkin County economy

• 3.4%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.9% the month before

• 11,350

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 17,119

  people in Pitkin County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $100,318

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 46%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pitkin County outlook: Cooling

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 3.4% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 4.3% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.4%, up 0.5 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

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

Pitkin County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Pitkin 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 Pitkin 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. Aspen Country Day School1 open role
2. Aspen Valley Health1 open role
3. City of Aspen1 open role
4. Compass1 open role
5. Confidential1 open role
6. Federal Aviation Administration1 open role
7. PCL Construction1 open role
8. Pitkin County1 open role
9. PNC Financial Services Group1 open role
10. RH1 open role

Conferences in Pitkin County

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Pitkin County. No dates announced yet for the next edition.

All conferences

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Pitkin 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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