San Juan County, NM jobs, unemployment and layoffs

San Juan County’s unemployment rate is 5.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 21 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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San Juan County economy

5.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.3% the month before
50,275
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
121,178
people in San Juan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,020
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where San Juan County ranks

Where San Juan County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#22Fastest-growing job markets in the Southwest+8.0% · of 61

San Juan 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 8.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 0.9% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 5.1%, up 0.8 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+1,063 jobs), health care (+715 jobs)

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Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

San Juan County layoffs

No layoff notices naming San Juan 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 San Juan 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.

Babcock International Group PLC/ADR2 open roles
San Juan Regional Medical Center2 open roles
Albertsons Companies1 open role
Ames Federal Contracting Group1 open role
Builders FirstSource1 open role
City of Farmington1 open role
Emerson1 open role
EquipmentShare.com1 open role
GE1 open role
GrowthTech1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving San Juan 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).

Northern Area Local Workforce Development Board
Cibola, Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Juan, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos

America`s Job Center - Farmington
Farmington · Comprehensive
Mon-Fri 8:00-5:00

Cities in San Juan County

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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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