Curry County, NM jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Curry County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 10 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Curry County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
20,964
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
47,932
people in Curry County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,259
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Curry 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 2.9% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 3.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.8 points from a year ago

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Curry County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Curry 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 Curry 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.

Glanbia2 open roles
Albertsons Companies1 open role
Bushnell University1 open role
Dairy Farmers of America1 open role
Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology1 open role
GrowthEdge1 open role
i4 Search Group1 open role
Mental Health Resources1 open role
Safeway1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Curry 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 - Clovis
Clovis · Comprehensive · 575-762-4571
Mon-Fri 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Curry County

Clovis10 jobs

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Sources: 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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