Labor market

• The number of nonfarm jobs in Cochise County was down by 300 (-0.9%) in the 12 months ended June 2025. The private sector lost 400 jobs (-1.7%) while the number of government jobs overall was up by 100 (1.0%). Within government, combined state and local government jobs increased by 100 (1.7%) while the number of federal jobs was unchanged in the 12 months ended June.
• Within Cochise County’s private sector, the number of goods-producing jobs held steady in the 12 months ending in June. Job numbers were unchanged in manufacturing and construction and mining.
• Countywide private-sector, service-providing job numbers were down by 400 (-1.9%) from June 2024 to June 2025. Within private sector services, gains of 200 jobs in educational and health services (4.2%), 100 in the information industry (25.0%), and 100 in other services (14.3%) were more than offset by the loss of 500 professional and business services jobs (-12.2%), 200 jobs in leisure and hospitality (-5.6%), and 100 in trade, transportation, and utilities (-1.5%). Job numbers were unchanged financial activities in the 12 months ending in June.

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

• Cochise County’s unadjusted unemployment rate in June 2025 was 5.3%, up from 5.0% in May 2025 and 4.7% in June a year ago, according to data from Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity.
• At the state level, Arizona’s unadjusted unemployment rate in June was 4.5%, up from 4.1% in May this year and 4.0% in June 2024. 
• The U.S. unadjusted unemployment rate in June was 4.4%, up from 4.0% in May and 4.3% in June 2024.
• Cochise County city and town unemployment rates in June 2025 were: 
  • Benson, 6.5%, up from 6.1% in May 2025 and 5.8% in June 2024.
  • Bisbee, 7.4%, up from 7.0% in May this year and 6.5% in June a year ago.
  • Douglas, 8.3%, up from 7.9% in May and 7.4% in June a year prior. 
  • Huachuca City, 9.0%, up from 8.5% in May and 7.9% in June last year.
  • Sierra Vista, 5.1%, up from 4.6% in May this year and 4.4% in June 2024.
  • Tombstone, 0.4%, the same level as May 2025 and June a year ago.
  • Willcox, 9.5%, up from 9.0% in May and 8.5% in June last year.

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