Apache County, AZ jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Apache County’s unemployment rate is 8.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Apache County economy

8.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
8.3% the month before
19,661
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
65,680
people in Apache County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$40,338
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Apache County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Apache County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Apache 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.

Window Rock School District 82 open roles
Indian Health Service1 open role
Navajo Health Foundation1 open role
Navajo Health Foundation1 open role
Young World Physical Education1 open role

Colleges in Apache County

Colleges in Apache County
College	City	Type	Students
Dine College	Tsaile	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Apache County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

ARIZONA@WORK Northeastern
Apache, Gila, Navajo

Cities in Apache County

Fort Defiance4 jobs
Tsaile

Other Arizona counties

All of Arizona

Laid off or looking for work in Apache County?

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See your options after a layoff

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