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Labor market


Cochise County, Arizona

 A project of Southeast Arizona Economic Development Group (SAEDG) in partnership with Arizona G&T Cooperatives and community sponsors

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Nonfarm jobs (payroll employment) (monthly)Employment trends (monthly)Job growth projections (by industry)Labor force, employment, unemployment & unemployment rate (monthly)Unemployment trends (monthly)Labor force stats (labor force, employment, unemployment) (monthly)Civilian labor force (chart)Labor force participation (by characteristics)Employed persons (chart)Unemployed persons (chart)Unemployment rate (chart)Unemployed population (graphics)US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Economy at a glance (link)

Nonfarm jobs (payroll employment)

  • The number of nonfarm jobs in Cochise County was down by 500 in the 12 months ended August 2023, for job growth of -1.5%, according to data from Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity. The countywide private sector was down by 200 jobs (-0.9%) while the government sector dropped 300 jobs (-2.9%). Within government, all the losses were at the state and local levels (-5.2%) while federal government job numbers were unchanged in the 12 months ended August.
  • In Cochise County’s private sector, goods-producing jobs were up by 200 (7.4%) in the 12 months ended August. Gains were split between manufacturing (100 jobs, 14.3%) and construction and mining (100 jobs, 5.0%).
  • Countywide private-sector, service-providing job numbers were down by 400 (-1.9%) from August 2022 to August 2023, with the loss of 200 professional and business services jobs (-4.9%), 100 trade, transportation, and utilities jobs (-1.7%), and 100 information jobs (-25.0%). Job numbers held steady in financial activities; educational and health services; leisure and hospitality; and other services in the 12 months ended August.


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

Nonfarm Payroll Employment (2001-current) (pdf)

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Nonfarm Payroll Employment (2001-current) (xlsx)

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Employment trends (monthly)

Job growth projections

US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Cochise County economy at a glance

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Labor force, employment & unemployment

  • Cochise County’s unadjusted unemployment rate in August 2023 was 5.1%, down from 5.5% in July 2023, and the same level as August 2022.
  • At the state level, Arizona’s unadjusted unemployment rate in August was 4.6%, down from 4.7% in July but up marginally from 4.5% in August a year prior.
  • The U.S. unadjusted unemployment rate in August was 3.9%, up slightly from 3.8% in both July 2023 and August 2022.


Cochise County municipality-level unemployment rates for August 2023 were:


  • Benson, 5.0%, down from 5.3% in July 2023, but up from 4.9% in August 2022.
  • Bisbee, 3.7%, down from 3.9% in July this year and the same level as August last year.
  • Douglas, 10.0%, down from 10.6% in July but up from 9.9% in August a year ago.
  • Huachuca City, 7.6%, down from 8.1% in July and the same rate as August 2022.
  • Sierra Vista, 4.7%, down from 5.0% in July but up from 4.5% in August a year prior.
  • Tombstone, 2.4%, unchanged from July this year and August a year ago.
  • Willcox, 8.6%, down from 9.1% July 2023, but up from 8.5% in August 2022.


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

Labor Force, Employment & Unemployment (2000-current) (pdf)

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Labor Force, Employment & Unemployment (2000-current) (xlsx)

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Unemployment trends (monthly)

Labor force stats (monthly)

Civilian labor force

Labor force participation

Labor Force Participation Rates by City

Employed persons

Unemployed persons

Unemployment rate

Unemployed population

Unemployed Population by City & Town

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