Northfield, MN jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Northfield
- Provost and Vice President for Academic AffairsCarleton College
- Brand & Social Content Manager - Short-Form Video ProCarleton College
- Entry Level RecruiterGPAC
- Chief Information OfficerBrettschneider Executive Search
- Process EngineerAll Flex Solutions
- Accounting ManagerHumiSeal
- Staff Controls Engineer - Northfield, MNEAD Management Services
- Quantum Quality EngineerAll Flex Solutions
Employers hiring most in Northfield
- All Flex Solutions2 open roles
- Carleton College2 open roles
- Brettschneider Executive Search1 open role
- EAD Management Services1 open role
- GPAC1 open role
- HumiSeal1 open role
Largest employers headquartered in Northfield
- Carleton College1,001–5,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Northfield layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Northfield 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 Northfield
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Carleton College | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| St Olaf College | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Northfield. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Workforce Development Board of Southeast Minnesota
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Rice County economy
4.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
36,208
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
67,389
people in Rice County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$82,792
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
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.