Douglas County, CO jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Douglas County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.6% the month before
221,498
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
368,283
people in Douglas County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$145,737
median household income
Source: Census ACS
58%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Douglas County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Douglas County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Douglas 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.
- Lockheed Martin17 open roles
- Kiewit Infrastructure South16 open roles
- Kiewit Infrastructure West12 open roles
- Lockheed Martin Services6 open roles
- Weeks Marine6 open roles
- MYR Group5 open roles
- Bright Vision Technologies4 open roles
- Kiewit Corporation (Peter Kiewit Sons')4 open roles
- Kiewit Infrastructure West3 open roles
- Cava Grill2 open roles
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Douglas County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Arapahoe/Douglas Workforce Development Board
Arapahoe, Douglas
Cities in Douglas County
- Lone Tree53 jobs
- Highlands Ranch36 jobs
- Castle Rock17 jobs
- Parker9 jobs
Other Colorado counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.