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Chippewa County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Chippewa County’s unemployment rate is 5.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Chippewa County economy

  • 5.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 5,989

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 12,388

    people in Chippewa County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $69,192

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Chippewa County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Chippewa 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 Chippewa 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. Valley Queen Cheese Factory2 open roles
  2. Hader Solutions1 open role
  3. Minnwest Bank1 open role
  4. Old National Bank1 open role
  5. Partners Senior Living Options1 open role
  6. Prairie's Edge Casino Resort1 open role
  7. RITALKA1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CareerForce in Montevideo

    Montevideo · Affiliate · 320-269-5561

    8:00am - 4:30pm M-F

Cities in Chippewa County

Other Minnesota counties

All of Minnesota

Laid off or looking for work in Chippewa 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.