Washington County is working. As of June 2026, 91,382 county residents were employed out of a labor force of 94,964 — an unemployment rate of 3.8%, above Utah’s 3.7% and below the nation’s 4.1%. For a region whose growth story is usually told in home prices, the jobs ledger is the quieter half of why people keep moving here.
A 3.8% unemployment rate in a county of this size signals a tight, healthy labor market — employers hiring, wages competing, and a local economy that absorbs new arrivals. Remote workers get the climate and the canyon views; local job-seekers get one of the strongest regional economies in Utah.
Stack these numbers against housing: our county data profile pairs this jobs picture with home values, incomes and livability scores for every city, and the cost of living breakdown shows what a paycheck actually buys here.
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Text Aurora · 435-233-0843 What's my home worth?As of June 2026, Washington County's unemployment rate is 3.8% — above the Utah statewide rate of 3.7% and below the U.S. rate of 4.1%. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics.)
BLS counts 91,382 employed residents in Washington County as of June 2026, out of a labor force of 94,964.
Over the last 12 months Washington County's labor force changed by -1,748 people and employment by -2,008, with unemployment up 0.4 points year over year.
The county's 3.8% unemployment rate (June 2026) sits below the national average of 4.1%. Pair that with the county's livability and affordability scores elsewhere in this atlas for the full relocation picture.