Los Alamos County, NM jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Los Alamos County economy
2.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
1.8% the month before
13,530
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
19,374
people in Los Alamos County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$143,188
median household income
Source: Census ACS
73%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Los Alamos County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos 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.
- University of New Mexico-Main Campus2 open roles
- Confidential1 open role
- Geosyntec Consultants1 open role
- HiFyve1 open role
- LifePoint Health1 open role
- Strategic Management Solutions1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Los Alamos County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Northern Area Local Workforce Development Board
Cibola, Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Juan, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos
Cities in Los Alamos County
- Los Alamos7 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.