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Becker County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Becker County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Becker County economy

  • 4.5%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.7% the month before

  • 18,598

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 35,260

    people in Becker County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $71,117

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Becker County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Becker 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 Becker 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. BTD Manufacturing2 open roles
  2. Builders FirstSource2 open roles
  3. Detroit Lakes Community & Cultural Center2 open roles
  4. Lakeshirts2 open roles
  5. Dahl Consulting1 open role
  6. Revere Control Systems1 open role
  7. SJE1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Rural Minnesota Workforce Development Board

    Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, Wilkin

Cities in Becker County

Other Minnesota counties

All of Minnesota

Laid off or looking for work in Becker 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 Minnesota’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.