Lamar, CO jobs, layoffs and employers

Lamar layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lamar 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

Workforce development and job centers

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

• Workforce Colorado Rural Alliance Workforce Development Board

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• Lamar Workforce Center

  Lamar · Affiliate · 719-336-2256

  Mon -Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (by appointment only)

Prowers County economy

• 4.7%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  3.8% the month before

• 5,319

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 11,931

  people in Prowers County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $57,601

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 31%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS