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Gunnison County, CO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Gunnison County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 19 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Gunnison County economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.0% the month before

  • 10,272

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 17,158

    people in Gunnison County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $77,358

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 46%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Gunnison County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Gunnison 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 Gunnison 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. Vail Resorts9 open roles
  2. Bechtel2 open roles
  3. Builders FirstSource1 open role
  4. Charter Communications1 open role
  5. Crested Butte Mountain Resort1 open role
  6. Flexport1 open role
  7. Gunnison County, Colorado1 open role
  8. Horizon Hospitality1 open role
  9. Uber1 open role
  10. Western Colorado University1 open role

Colleges in Gunnison County

Colleges in Gunnison County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Western Colorado UniversityGunnisonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Gunnison 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

  • Colorado Workforce Center at Gunnison

    Gunnison · Affiliate · 970-641-0031

    Monday- Thursday- 8:30 to 4:30

Cities in Gunnison County

Other Colorado counties

All of Colorado

Laid off or looking for work in Gunnison 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.