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Lander County, NV jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lander County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Lander County economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.7% the month before

  • 2,483

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 5,745

    people in Lander County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $84,474

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lander County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lander 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 Lander 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. Bureau of Land Management2 open roles
  2. US Foods Holding1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Nevadaworks

    Carson City, Churchill, Douglas, Elko, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, Washoe, White Pine

Cities in Lander County

Other Nevada counties

All of Nevada

Laid off or looking for work in Lander County?

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