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Otsego County, MI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Otsego County’s unemployment rate is 4.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Otsego County economy

  • 4.4%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.2% the month before

  • 12,259

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 25,352

    people in Otsego County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $67,285

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Otsego County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Otsego 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 Otsego 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. Builders FirstSource1 open role
  2. Great Rooms Furniture & Mattresses1 open role
  3. HUSCO International1 open role
  4. Lake Superior State University1 open role
  5. Medium1 open role
  6. Otsego County, MI1 open role
  7. Rollins1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Michigan Works! Northeast Consortium Otsego Service Center

    Gaylord · Affiliate · 989-732-3886

    Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri 8:30am-4:30pm; Thursday 9am-4:30pm

Cities in Otsego County

Other Michigan counties

All of Michigan

Laid off or looking for work in Otsego 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.