Yuma shed 567 covered jobs in a year.

Ranked 10 of 15 Arizona counties on the Workforce Resilience Score (41, grade D). Unemployment was 18.9% in Jul 2026, +2.1 pp from a year earlier.

Arizona Labor Market MonitorSep 16, 2026Pilot edition · unsponsored

The county read

Where Yuma stands.

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

76K

covered jobs · -0.7% y/y

$1,092

average weekly wage · +3.1% y/y

18.9%

unemployment, Jul 2026 · +2.1 pp y/y

Workforce Resilience Score

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

Current conditions

Wages & industry

Shock resilience

Workforce supply

Against the state

15 of 15 grades hold under ±25% weight perturbation.

By industry

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

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.

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