Manistee, MI jobs, layoffs and employers
Manistee layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Manistee 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 Manistee. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Northwest Michigan Workforce Development Board
Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford
Northwest Michigan Works! Service Center - Manistee
Manistee · Affiliate · 231-723-2535
Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Manistee County economy
5.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.6% the month before
10,889
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
25,247
people in Manistee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$60,879
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
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.