Mankato, MN jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Assistant General ManagerGreen Thumb Industries
- People & Culture Director - Senior LivingEcumen
- Quality Assurance ManagerActalent
- Tax Manager or DirectorCliftonLarsonAllen
- RecruiterRobert Half
- Desk Operations SpecialistMayo Clinic
- Private Wealth Advisor IIOld National Bank
- Remote RecruiterGPAC
- Entry Level RecruiterGPAC
- Territory Manager (MN, Mankato)Charlie Health
Employers hiring most in Mankato
- GPAC2 open roles
- Actalent1 open role
- APX Construction Group1 open role
- Charlie Health1 open role
- CliftonLarsonAllen1 open role
- Ecumen1 open role
- Federated Insurance1 open role
- Fleet Farm1 open role
- Graybar1 open role
- Green Thumb Industries1 open role
Mankato layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Mankato in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Mankato
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota State University-Mankato | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
| Bethany Lutheran College | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Mankato. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- South Central Workforce Council
Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, Watonwan
CareerForce in Mankato
Mankato · Comprehensive · 507-344-2622
8:00am - 4:30pm
Blue Earth County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.6% the month before
40,728
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
69,386
people in Blue Earth County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$72,623
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Minnesota’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.