Phoenix’s job market remains solid but cooling from its post-pandemic surge. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports metro Phoenix nonfarm employment growth of roughly 1% over the past year, slower than earlier in the decade but still positive. Local unemployment has hovered around the mid-3% to low-4% range recently, close to or slightly below national levels, though final December 2025 metro figures are not yet published, which is a key data gap.
The employment landscape is broad-based. Advanced manufacturing, construction, healthcare, financial services, logistics, and tech-enabled services all contribute meaningfully to job creation. The Arizona Commerce Authority notes nearly 500 manufacturing projects are in the statewide pipeline, many tied to semiconductors and related suppliers, and the Phoenix area is a primary hub for that growth. The Birm Group highlights Phoenix and its East and West Valley suburbs as one of the nation’s fastest-growing construction leadership markets, driven by data centers, semiconductor fabs, hospitals, and large industrial parks. In biosciences, BioLab Holdings in Phoenix reports adding 37 new professional roles over the past year as it scales wound-care manufacturing, showing continued momentum in medical manufacturing. Financial services also remains a pillar, with firms such as TruWest Credit Union, Bell Bank, Achieve, and BOK Financial identified by AZ Big Media as top employers and talent magnets.
Trends include steady but more modest hiring, rising competition for high-skill roles, and ongoing in-migration supporting service, retail, and hospitality jobs. Seasonal patterns remain tied to tourism, construction cycles, and winter population spikes. Commuting continues to be car-dominated, with many listeners traveling across city lines between Phoenix, Mesa, Chandler, Tempe, and the West Valley as major campuses cluster along freeway corridors. State and local initiatives, led by the Arizona Commerce Authority, focus on attracting high-wage employers, expanding manufacturing, and improving infrastructure and workforce pipelines, although childcare and education gaps still constrain long-run growth, as recent economic analysis in Arizona business media has emphasized. Over the last decade, Phoenix has evolved from a primarily construction and service economy into a more diversified hub for semiconductors, high-tech manufacturing, logistics, finance, and healthcare.
Three sample current openings in the Phoenix area include: a construction Project Manager role on a data center or semiconductor campus, a senior cybersecurity analyst position with a local cybersecurity firm listed by the Phoenix Business Journal, and a production or quality engineer job at a growing medical manufacturer such as BioLab Holdings.
Key findings: Phoenix remains a diversified, growing job market with moderate employment gains, low-to-moderate unemployment, strong demand in construction, manufacturing, healthcare, and financial services, and continued public and private investment. However, growth is slower than in the peak rebound years, high-skill competition is intensifying, and better data on the very latest monthly unemployment and sector-level job gains would sharpen the picture.
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