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Laramie County, WY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Laramie County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 68 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Laramie County economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.0% the month before

  • 46,987

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 100,661

    people in Laramie County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $77,884

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 41%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Laramie County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Laramie 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 Laramie 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. Air National Guard Units6 open roles
  2. Bechtel Plant Machinery5 open roles
  3. Mastec4 open roles
  4. Bechtel3 open roles
  5. Michels3 open roles
  6. Mortenson3 open roles
  7. Quanta Services3 open roles
  8. Quantum Strides3 open roles
  9. Babcock International Group PLC/ADR2 open roles
  10. Charter Communications2 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Laramie County

Other Wyoming counties

All of Wyoming

Laid off or looking for work in Laramie County?

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See your options after a layoff

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