Clay County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Clay County’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 10 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Clay County economy

4.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.5% the month before
35,350
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
65,628
people in Clay County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,664
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Clay County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Clay 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 Clay 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.

Concordia College at Moorhead5 open roles
Amrize Southwest1 open role
GPAC1 open role
MDA Edge1 open role
Old National Bank1 open role
The Village Family Service Center1 open role

Colleges in Clay County

Colleges in Clay County
College	City	Type	Students
Concordia College at Moorhead	Moorhead	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Minnesota State University Moorhead	Moorhead	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Clay 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

CareerForce in Moorhead
Moorhead · Affiliate · 218-287-5060
M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm

Cities in Clay County

Moorhead10 jobs

Other Minnesota counties

All of Minnesota

Laid off or looking for work in Clay County?

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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.