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Gooding County, ID jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Gooding County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Gooding County economy

  • 3.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.7% the month before

  • 8,655

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 15,740

    people in Gooding County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $62,395

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 30%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Gooding County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Gooding 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 Gooding 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. Ridley's Family Markets1 open role
  2. The Walker Center1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Gooding County

Other Idaho counties

All of Idaho

Laid off or looking for work in Gooding 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 Idaho’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.