Curry County, OR jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Curry County’s unemployment rate is 4.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Curry County economy

4.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
6.5% the month before
8,444
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
23,463
people in Curry County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,769
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Curry 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 down 4.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 3.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.7%, down 1.8 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.

Waste Connections1 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 Oregon? How to file for unemployment in Oregon (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board
Coos, Curry, Douglas

WorkSource Oregon - Curry County
Brookings · Comprehensive · 541-469-9836
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Curry County

Brookings1 jobs

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Oregon’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Oregon unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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