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Summit County, CO jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Summit County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 13 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Summit County economy

  • 4.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.9% the month before

  • 18,578

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 30,857

    people in Summit County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $106,255

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 41%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Summit County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Summit 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 Summit 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 Resorts4 open roles
  2. Breckenridge Grand Vacations1 open role
  3. Elevated Community Health1 open role
  4. Elevated-Community-Health1 open role
  5. Memorial Hospital Logansport1 open role
  6. Shamrock Foods1 open role
  7. Suntory Global Spirits1 open role
  8. Town of Breckenridge1 open role
  9. Town-of-Breckenridge,-C1 open role
  10. US LBM Holdings1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Summit 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

  • Frisco Workforce Center

    Frisco · Comprehensive · 970-668-5361

    Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1:00 p,m.- 5:00 p.m

Cities in Summit County

Other Colorado counties

All of Colorado

Laid off or looking for work in Summit 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.