Labor market

• The number of nonfarm jobs in Cochise County was up by 200 for job growth of 0.6% in the 12 months ended July 2025, according to data from Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity. The private sector gained 300 jobs or 1.3% while the number of government jobs was down by 100 or 1.0%. Within government, all the job losses were at the federal level while the number of state and local government jobs was unchanged.
• Within Cochise County’s private sector, the number of goods-producing jobs was up by 100 in the 12 months ending in July. All the gains were in manufacturing with job numbers unchanged in construction and mining.
• Countywide private-sector, service-providing job numbers were up by 200 or 1.0% from July 2024 to July 2025. Within private sector services, gains of 300 jobs in educational and health services (6.4%) and 100 in the information industry (25.0%) were partly offset by the loss of 200 jobs in leisure and hospitality (-5.7%). Job numbers were unchanged in trade, transportation, and utilities; financial activities; professional and business services; and other services in the 12 months ending in July. 
• In month-to-month comparisons, Cochise County job numbers were down by 500 from June to July this year, in line with seasonal expectations. Overall, government shed 400 jobs from June to July, 300 of which were in state and local government with the remaining 100 lost jobs in federal government. In the private sector, leisure and hospitality dropped 100 jobs from June to July while job numbers held steady in all other industries.

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

• Cochise County’s unadjusted unemployment rate in July 2025 was 5.5%, up from 5.3% in June 2025 and 5.1% in July a year ago.
• At the state level, Arizona’s unadjusted unemployment rate in July was 4.7%, up from 4.5% in June this year and 4.3% in July 2024. 
• The U.S. unadjusted unemployment rate in July was 4.6%, up from 4.4% in June and 4.5% in July 2024.
• Cochise County city and town unemployment rates in July 2025 were: 
  • Benson, 6.7%, up from 6.5% in June 2025 and 6.3% in July 2024.
  • Bisbee, 7.6%, up from 7.4% in June this year and 7.1% in July a year ago.
  • Douglas, 8.6%, up from 8.3% in June and 8.0% in July a year prior. 
  • Huachuca City, 9.3%, up from 9.0% in June and 8.7% in July last year.
  • Sierra Vista, 5.3%, up from 5.0% in June this year and 4.9% in July 2024.
  • Tombstone, 0.4%, the same level as June 2025 and July a year ago.
  • Willcox, 10.0%, up from 9.5% in June and 9.3% in July last year.

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