Freeborn County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Freeborn County economy
4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
15,235
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
30,752
people in Freeborn County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,012
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Freeborn County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Freeborn 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 Freeborn 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.
- Innovance2 open roles
- Lou Rich2 open roles
- Balchem1 open role
- Dairyland Power Cooperative1 open role
- EDF power solutions1 open role
- LanceSoft1 open role
- Macpower Digital Assets Edge1 open role
- Software Technology1 open role
- Veracity Ventures1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Freeborn County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Workforce Development Board of Southeast Minnesota
Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha
CareerForce in Albert Lea
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Cities in Freeborn County
- Albert Lea14 jobs
Other Minnesota counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.