Sweetwater County, WY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Sweetwater County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Sweetwater County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.3% the month before
19,223
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
41,786
people in Sweetwater County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$76,464
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Sweetwater County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Sweetwater 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 Sweetwater 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.

Elwood Staffing2 open roles
Confidential1 open role
Harvest Midstream Company1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Wyoming Workforce Development Council
Serves all of Wyoming

Rock Springs Workforce Center
Rock Springs · Affiliate · 307-382-2747
8 AM - 5 PM Monday thru Friday

Cities in Sweetwater County

Rock Springs4 jobs

Other Wyoming counties

All of Wyoming

Laid off or looking for work in Sweetwater County?

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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.