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Keweenaw County, MI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Keweenaw County’s unemployment rate is 5.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Keweenaw County economy

  • 5.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.6% the month before

  • 969

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 2,106

    people in Keweenaw County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $53,893

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 49%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Keweenaw County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Keweenaw 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 Keweenaw 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.

  1. Michigan Technological University1 open role

Cities in Keweenaw County

Other Michigan counties

All of Michigan

Laid off or looking for work in Keweenaw County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.