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Blue Earth County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Blue Earth County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 20 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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

Blue Earth County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Blue Earth County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

Employers hiring most in Blue Earth 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. GPAC2 open roles
  2. Actalent1 open role
  3. APX Construction Group1 open role
  4. Charlie Health1 open role
  5. CliftonLarsonAllen1 open role
  6. Ecumen1 open role
  7. Federated Insurance1 open role
  8. Fleet Farm1 open role
  9. Graybar1 open role
  10. Green Thumb Industries1 open role

Colleges in Blue Earth County

Colleges in Blue Earth County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Minnesota State University-MankatoMankatoPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Bethany Lutheran CollegeMankatoPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CareerForce in Mankato

    Mankato · Comprehensive · 507-344-2622

    8:00am - 4:30pm

Cities in Blue Earth County

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Laid off or looking for work in Blue Earth 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.