Valencia County, NM jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Valencia County’s unemployment rate is 5.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 18 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Valencia County economy

5.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.3% the month before
32,732
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
77,382
people in Valencia County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,333
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Valencia 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 8.9% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 7.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 5.4%, up 1.1 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+761 jobs)

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Valencia County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Valencia 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 Valencia 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.

Mortenson6 open roles
University of New Mexico-Main Campus2 open roles
Walmart2 open roles
Albertsons Companies1 open role
Love's Travel Stops1 open role
Pacific Fusion1 open role
Safeway1 open role
Syncreon International Group1 open role
TeamHealth1 open role
TeamHealth Valencia County Hospital1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Valencia 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).

Workforce Connection of Central New Mexico Board
Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia

America`s Job Center - Valencia County
Los Lunas · Affiliate · 505-588-1571
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Valencia County

Los Lunas17 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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