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Mendocino County, CA jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Mendocino County’s unemployment rate is 5.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Mendocino County economy

  • 5.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.9% the month before

  • 36,479

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 90,709

    people in Mendocino County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $64,688

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Mendocino County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Mendocino 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 Mendocino 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.

  1. Adventist Health4 open roles
  2. Adventist Health1 open role
  3. Beckman Coulter Diagnostics1 open role
  4. City of Ukiah, CA1 open role
  5. Costco1 open role
  6. County of Mendocino, CA1 open role
  7. Granite Construction Company1 open role
  8. Pacific Gas & Electric1 open role
  9. Willits Hospital1 open role

Colleges in Mendocino County

Colleges in Mendocino County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
DHARMA REALM BUDDHIST UNIVERSITYUkiahPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CareerPoint Mendocino

    Ukiah · Comprehensive · 707-708-3828

    Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm, closed 12noon - 1pm

Cities in Mendocino County

Other California counties

All of California

Laid off or looking for work in Mendocino County?

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