Mower County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Mower County economy
4.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.8% the month before
20,586
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
40,069
people in Mower County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,495
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Mower County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Mower 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 Mower 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.
- Hormel17 open roles
- Vishay Intertechnology3 open roles
- Old National Bank2 open roles
- Accurant1 open role
- Austin Area Chamber of Commerce1 open role
- First Citizens Bank1 open role
- First Independent Bank1 open role
- GPAC1 open role
- Hormel Foods1 open role
- Innovasolutions1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Mower 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 Austin
Austin · Affiliate · 507-460-5020
M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm
Cities in Mower County
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Laid off or looking for work in Mower County?
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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.