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Mackinac County, MI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Mackinac County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 49 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Mackinac County economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.6% the month before

  • 5,759

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 10,865

    people in Mackinac County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $58,598

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 39%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Mackinac County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Mackinac 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 Mackinac 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. Disher9 open roles
  2. Stryker7 open roles
  3. LifePoint Health4 open roles
  4. IDEX3 open roles
  5. Brookdale Senior Living2 open roles
  6. Lifepoint Health®2 open roles
  7. Marquette University2 open roles
  8. AVB1 open role
  9. Bank of America1 open role
  10. Barton Malow1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Upper Peninsula Michigan Works!

    Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft

  • Upper Peninsula Michigan Works! - Mackinac County American Job Center

    St. Ignace · Affiliate · 906-643-8158

    Wednesday 9-12, 1-4 EST

Cities in Mackinac County

Other Michigan counties

All of Michigan

Laid off or looking for work in Mackinac County?

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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.