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Kandiyohi County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Kandiyohi County’s unemployment rate is 5.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 9 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Kandiyohi County economy

  • 5.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.9% the month before

  • 23,042

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 43,757

    people in Kandiyohi County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $75,097

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 37%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Kandiyohi County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Kandiyohi 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 Kandiyohi 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. Life-Science Innovations2 open roles
  2. Bethesda Health Group1 open role
  3. Duluth News Tribune1 open role
  4. GPAC1 open role
  5. Hormel Foods1 open role
  6. Kovalus Separation Solutions1 open role
  7. Old National Bank1 open role
  8. Vaxxinova US1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CareerForce in Willmar

    Willmar · Affiliate · 320-441-6590

    Mon thru Fri 8AM to 4:30PM phone and online services. Closed to the public Mondays and Fridays. Open to the public Tues, Wed and Thurs 9AM to 4:00PM Closed 12PM to 1PM Tues, Wed and Thurs 12pm-1pm.

Cities in Kandiyohi 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.