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Pinal County · Q3 2026

Pinal added 596 covered jobs in a year.

Ranked 5 of 15 Arizona counties on the Workforce Resilience Score (61, grade C). Unemployment was 5.6% in Jul 2026, +0.7 pp from a year earlier.

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Where Pinal stands.

Employment and wages 2026 Q1 (preliminary); unemployment Jul 2026, not seasonally adjusted.

81K

covered jobs · +0.7% y/y

$1,204

average weekly wage · +3.3% y/y

5.6%

unemployment, Jul 2026 · +0.7 pp y/y

Workforce Resilience Score

Grade C, rank 5 of 15.

Sub-scores are within-Arizona percentiles, 0–100.

60

Current conditions

79

Wages & industry

43

Shock resilience

57

Workforce supply

Against the state

Pinal among Arizona's 15 counties.

  1. 1Maricopa County75B
  2. 2Graham County63C
  3. 3Pima County63C
  4. 4Coconino County62C
  5. 5Pinal County61C
  6. 6Santa Cruz County52C
  7. 7Greenlee County52C
  8. 8Gila County50C
  9. 9Cochise County48C
  10. 10Yuma County41D
  11. 11Yavapai County39D
  12. 12Navajo County39D
  13. 13La Paz County38D
  14. 14Apache County37D
  15. 15Mohave County32D
15 of 15 grades hold under ±25% weight perturbation.

By industry

Manufacturing led.

Year-over-year change in private-sector jobs, largest sectors in Pinal, 2026 Q1 vs. 2025 Q1.

  • Manufacturing
    +1,520
  • Administrative & waste services
    +72
  • -46
    Health care & social assistance
  • -105
    Accommodation & food services
  • -107
    Retail trade
BLS QCEW, private ownership; suppressed sectors omitted.
How this is calculated, and what it does not say›

Percentile-ranked among Arizona's 15 counties; not comparable to the national ERI. Small counties swing on modest absolute changes.

Sources carry different vintages by design. County LAUS is not seasonally adjusted; wages are nominal; the latest QCEW quarter is preliminary.

Other counties

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