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Carver County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Carver County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 93 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Carver County economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.5% the month before

  • 63,632

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 108,622

    people in Carver County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $123,144

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 52%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Carver County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Carver 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 Carver 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. Danaher13 open roles
  2. Entegris13 open roles
  3. Lifecore Biomedical11 open roles
  4. Life Time Fitness5 open roles
  5. Integer Holdings4 open roles
  6. Life Time4 open roles
  7. ADP - Automatic Data Processing3 open roles
  8. Aston Carter3 open roles
  9. Eaton3 open roles
  10. Emerson3 open roles

Colleges in Carver County

Colleges in Carver County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Crown CollegeSaint BonifaciusPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CareerForce in Chaska

    Chaska · Affiliate · 952-361-1711

    8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday (starting 10/19/26 hours will be Mon-Fri 9am-4pm)

Cities in Carver County

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Laid off or looking for work in Carver 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.