Wheat Ridge, CO jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Manufacturing EngineerSwagelok Colorado | Casper | Albuquerque
- Geotechnical Project EngineerTerracon Consultants
- Mortgage Loan OfficerPNC Financial Services Group
- Merchandise Manager - Wheat Ridge, COFive Below
- [Wheat Ridge] Childcare Center DirectorTierra Encantada
- Director of Marketing & CommunicationsJefferson Center for Mental Health
- Manufacturing EngineerSwagelok Colorado | Casper | Albuquerque
- RecruiterNexus Talent Solutions
- Digital Marketing SpecialistMediaWorks
- Sales ManagerService Corp Intl
Employers hiring most in Wheat Ridge
- Service Corp Intl2 open roles
- Swagelok Colorado | Casper | Albuquerque2 open roles
- Five Below1 open role
- Jefferson Center for Mental Health1 open role
- Lucky Strike Entertainment1 open role
- MediaWorks1 open role
- Nexus Talent Solutions1 open role
- PNC Financial Services Group1 open role
- Terracon Consultants1 open role
- Tierra Encantada1 open role
Wheat Ridge layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Wheat Ridge in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wheat Ridge. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Workforce Colorado Board Jefferson, Clear Creek, Gilpin
Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson
Jefferson County economy
4.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
328,385
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
579,715
people in Jefferson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$107,800
median household income
Source: Census ACS
53%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Jefferson County
- Westminster203 jobs
- Lakewood82 jobs
- Golden68 jobs
- Arvada59 jobs
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Colorado’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.