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Carlton County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Carlton County’s unemployment rate is 5.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Carlton County economy

  • 5.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.5% the month before

  • 16,949

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 36,457

    people in Carlton County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $80,042

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 37%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Carlton County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Carlton 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 Carlton 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. Clean Harbors1 open role
  2. Sappi1 open role

Colleges in Carlton County

Colleges in Carlton County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community CollegeCloquetPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CareerForce in Cloquet

    Carlton · Affiliate · 218-293-4400

    8:00am - 4:30pm

Cities in Carlton County

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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.