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Chaffee County, CO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Chaffee County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 6 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Chaffee County economy

  • 4.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.4% the month before

  • 10,250

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 19,876

    people in Chaffee County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $70,909

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 47%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Chaffee County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Chaffee 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 Chaffee 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. Winsupply Salida2 open roles
  2. Builders FirstSource1 open role
  3. Enhabit Home Health1 open role
  4. Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center1 open role
  5. Kimmel and Associates1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Workforce Colorado Rural Alliance Workforce Development Board

    Alamosa, Archuleta, Baca, Bent, Broomfield, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Elbert, Fremont, Garfield, Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Huerfano, Jackson, Kiowa, Kit Carson, La Plata, Lake, Las Animas, Lincoln, Logan, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Morgan, Otero, Ouray, Park, Phillips, Pitkin, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Routt, Saguache, San Juan, San Miguel, Sedgwick, Summit, Washington, Yuma

  • Salida Workforce Center

    Salida · Affiliate · 720-515-9759

    Monday and Friday-remote working/Open to public Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 8:00-5:00pm Closed 12:00pm-1:00pm for lunch

Cities in Chaffee County

Other Colorado counties

All of Colorado

Laid off or looking for work in Chaffee County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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