Eddy County, NM jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Eddy County economy
3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.3% the month before
32,780
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
61,114
people in Eddy County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$79,605
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Eddy County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Eddy 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 Eddy 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.
- HF Sinclair9 open roles
- HollyFrontier2 open roles
- Oxy2 open roles
- Community Health Systems1 open role
- Energy Transfer Partners1 open role
- Exxon Mobil1 open role
- ExxonMobil Holdings1 open role
- International Mineral Carlsbad1 open role
- K.A. Recruiting1 open role
- Occidental Petroleum1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Eddy 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 - Artesia
Artesia · Affiliate · 575-243-5600
Monday - Friday 8-5
America`s Job Center - Carlsbad
Carlsbad · Affiliate · 575-616-5090
8-5 M-F
Cities in Eddy County
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.