Dickinson County, MI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dickinson County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 17 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Dickinson County economy

4.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.6% the month before
11,676
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
25,940
people in Dickinson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,882
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Dickinson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Dickinson County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Dickinson County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Hubbell10 open roles
FDS Engineering2 open roles
American Transmission1 open role
ShipBob1 open role
Trident Maritime Systems1 open role
Trident Maritime Systems-Heavy Equipment Group1 open role
Veterans Health Administration1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Dickinson County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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Upper Peninsula Michigan Works! - Dickinson County American Job Center
Iron Mountain · Affiliate · 906-774-3647
M/W 9-12, 1-4; TU 1-4; TH by appointment

Cities in Dickinson County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Michigan’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.