The county economy centers on Silver City, where education, health care, and social assistance provide roughly a third of all jobs, followed by retail, hospitality, and professional services. Agriculture and mining together account for about 7 percent of the industry mix, and copper mining at the Mining District towns (Bayard, Hurley, Santa Clara) anchors the wider economy and sets the top of the local pay scale.
Share of employed civilians 16 and over. Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table C24050.
Western New Mexico University anchors the local labor pipeline, and JTIP's small-community tiers apply to Grant County hires: see the JTIP guide. Gross receipts tax rates vary by town within the county, from 6.3125% in the unincorporated remainder to 8.1125% in Silver City: check any address in the GRT tool.