Alpena, MI jobs, layoffs and employers
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- RecruiterEmployment Services
- Civil Construction Project ManagerAmrize Southwest
- Automation Project ManagerAmrize
- Reliability Engineer II - Cement PlantAmrize
- RecruiterEmployment Services
Employers hiring most in Alpena
- Employment Services2 open roles
- Amrize1 open role
- Amrize1 open role
- Amrize Southwest1 open role
Alpena layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Alpena in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Alpena. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Michigan Works! Northeast Consortium Workforce Development Board
Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle
Michigan Works! Northeast Consortium - Alpena County Service Center
Alpena · Comprehensive · 989-356-3339
Mon-Tue-Wed & Fri 8:00am-5:00pm, Thur 9:00am-5:00pm
Alpena County economy
5.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.3% the month before
12,957
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
28,908
people in Alpena County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$51,909
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Michigan’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.