Chaves County, NM jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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4.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.0% the month before
27,784
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
64,446
people in Chaves County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,029
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Chaves County ranks
Where Chaves County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #24Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Southwest7.5 per 10,000 · of 97
Chaves 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 1.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 2.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.8%, up 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+422 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: agriculture (−333 jobs)
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Chaves County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Chaves 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.
Employers hiring most in Chaves 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.
- Sustainable Solutions2 open roles
- ClubReq1 open role
- Energy Innovation1 open role
- Hubbard Broadcasting1 open role
- Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company1 open role
- Pascack Valley Medical Center1 open role
- ScaleUp Solutions1 open role
- Shamrock Foods1 open role
- Social Change Institute1 open role
- WickedFile1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Chaves County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in New Mexico? How to file for unemployment in New Mexico (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Eastern Area Workforce Development Board
Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Harding, Lea, Lincoln, Otero, Quay, Roosevelt, Union
America`s Job Center - Roswell
Roswell · Comprehensive · 575-624-6040
Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cities in Chaves County
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from New Mexico’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. New Mexico unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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