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Douglas County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Douglas County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 15 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Douglas County economy

  • 4.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.3% the month before

  • 21,639

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 39,354

    people in Douglas County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $77,264

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 38%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Douglas County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Douglas 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 Douglas 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. Walker Methodist4 open roles
  2. Fleet Farm2 open roles
  3. Hubbard Broadcasting2 open roles
  4. Bell Bank1 open role
  5. Charter Communications1 open role
  6. Consolidated Equipment Group1 open role
  7. Dollar General1 open role
  8. Hansen Agri-Placement1 open role
  9. Massman Companies1 open role
  10. Selectek1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Douglas 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 Alexandria

    Alexandria · Affiliate · 320-391-9262

    Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Cities in Douglas County

Other Minnesota counties

All of Minnesota

Laid off or looking for work in Douglas 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.