Labor market

• The number of nonfarm jobs in Cochise County was down by 200 or 0.6% in the 12 months ending November 2025 led by the loss of 200 jobs in the government sector (-1.9%), according to data from Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity. Within government, federal job numbers were down by 100 (-2.3%) while state and local governments lost a combined 100 jobs for a 12-month growth rate of -1.5%. 
• The number of jobs in Cochise County’s private sector was unchanged in the 12 months ended November with the gain of 100 jobs in the private service-providing sector (0.5%) offset by the loss of 100 goods-producing jobs (-3.3%). In the goods-producing sector, all the losses were in manufacturing (-11.1%) while job numbers in construction and mining remained steady. 
• Within private sector services, all 100 new jobs were in educational and health services for 12-month job growth of 2.0%. Job numbers were unchanged in trade, transportation, and utilities; information; financial activities; professional and business services; leisure and hospitality; and other services in the 12 months ending in November. 
• In month-to-month comparisons, the overall number of nonfarm jobs in Cochise County was up by 100 from October to November 2025 with the gain of 100 trade, transportation, and utilities jobs and 100 jobs in state and local government partly offset by the loss of 100 construction and mining jobs. All other industries and the federal government saw job numbers stabilize from October to November.

 See spreadsheets, below, for monthly and annual Cochise County nonfarm job numbers by industry/sector. 

• Cochise County’s unadjusted unemployment rate in November 2025 was 5.2%, down from 5.4% in September 2025 but up from 4.4% in November a year prior. October 2025 unemployment rates are unavailable due to the federal government shutdown that month.
• At the state level, Arizona’s unadjusted unemployment rate in November was 4.3%, down from 4.7% in September 2025 but up from 3.7% in November 2024. 
• The U.S. unadjusted unemployment rate in November was 4.3%, unchanged from September but up from 4.0% in November 2024.
• Cochise County city and town unemployment rates in November 2025 were: 
  • Benson, 6.4%, down from 6.6% in September 2025 but up from 5.4% in November 2024.
  • Bisbee, 7.4%, down from 7.5% in September 2025 but up from 6.2% in November a year prior.
  • Douglas, 8.3%, down from 8.5% in September but up from 7.0% in November 2024. 
  • Huachuca City, 9.0%, down from 9.1% in September but up from 7.5% in November a year prior.
  • Sierra Vista, 5.2%, down from 5.4% in September 2025 but up from 4.1% in November 2024.
  • Tombstone, 0.4%, the same level as September 2025 and November 2024.
  • Willcox, 9.5%, down from 9.7% in September but up from 8.0% in November 2024.

See spreadsheets, below, for monthly and annual Cochise County, city, and town labor market data (civilian labor force, employment, unemployment & unemployment rate).