Roosevelt County, NM jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Roosevelt County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Roosevelt County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
8,076
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
19,002
people in Roosevelt County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,445
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Roosevelt 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 down 4.8% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 2.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.6 points from a year ago

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Roosevelt County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt 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.

Dairy Farmers of America1 open role

Colleges in Roosevelt County

Colleges in Roosevelt County
College	City	Type	Students
Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus	Portales	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Roosevelt 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

Cities in Roosevelt County

Portales1 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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