Sheridan County, WY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

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Show me jobs near meSheridan County economy
2.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.7% the month before
15,946
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
31,585
people in Sheridan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,855
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Sheridan County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 6.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 7.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.5%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
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Sheridan County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Sheridan 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.
Employers hiring most in Sheridan 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.
- Veterans Health Administration2 open roles
- Enterprise Mobility1 open role
- FableHost1 open role
- First Bank1 open role
- First Interstate Bank1 open role
- INSPYR Solutions1 open role
- Sheridan Memorial Hospital1 open role
- WWC Engineering1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Sheridan County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Wyoming? How to file for unemployment in Wyoming (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Wyoming Workforce Development Council
Serves all of Wyoming
Sheridan Workforce Center
Sheridan · Affiliate · 307-672-9775
8am - 4pm Monday thru Friday
Cities in Sheridan County
Other Wyoming counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Wyoming’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Wyoming unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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