Yuma County, CO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Yuma County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Yuma County economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    2.5% the month before

  • 5,173

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 9,921

    people in Yuma County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $60,051

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 43%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Yuma 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 2.2% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 0.8% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 2.9%, up 0.4 points from a year ago

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Yuma County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Yuma 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 Yuma 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. H & H Leadership Solutions1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Yuma 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

  • Yuma Workforce Center - Eastern Region

    Yuma · Comprehensive · 970-867-9401

    Mon - Fri, 8:00 am - 12:00 and 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm remote

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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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