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Montcalm County, MI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Montcalm County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Montcalm County economy

  • 4.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.0% the month before

  • 29,898

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 67,174

    people in Montcalm County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $64,892

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 25%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Montcalm County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Montcalm 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 Montcalm 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. Tenneco2 open roles
  2. Composition Brands1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • West Michigan Works! Montcalm Service Center

    Greenville · Comprehensive · 616-754-3611

    M-F 8am - 5pm

Cities in Montcalm County

Other Michigan counties

All of Michigan

Laid off or looking for work in Montcalm 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.