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Carbon County, UT jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Carbon County’s unemployment rate is 5.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Carbon County economy

  • 5.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.9% the month before

  • 8,436

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 20,446

    people in Carbon County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $53,673

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 31%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Carbon County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Carbon 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 Carbon 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. Utah State University1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Department of Workforce Services - Price Employment Center

    Price · Comprehensive · 866-435-7414

    Monday - Friday 8am-5pm

Cities in Carbon County

Other Utah counties

All of Utah

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