Chaves County, NM jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Chaves County economy
4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
27,888
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
64,446
people in Chaves County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,029
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Chaves County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Chaves 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 Chaves 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.
- Albertsons Companies1 open role
- Community Health Systems1 open role
- Hubbard Broadcasting1 open role
- Leprino Foods Dairy Products Company1 open role
- Safeway1 open role
- Shamrock Foods1 open role
- Stanton Optical1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Chaves County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Eastern Area Workforce Development Board
Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Harding, Lea, Lincoln, Otero, Quay, Roosevelt, Union
America`s Job Center - Roswell
Roswell · Comprehensive · 575-624-6040
Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cities in Chaves County
- Roswell7 jobs
Other New Mexico counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from New Mexico’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.