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Otter Tail County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Otter Tail County’s unemployment rate is 4.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 17 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Otter Tail County economy

  • 4.8%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.8% the month before

  • 30,770

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 60,281

    people in Otter Tail County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $70,912

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Otter Tail County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Otter Tail 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 Otter Tail 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. 3M6 open roles
  2. Fleet Farm2 open roles
  3. Shearer's Snacks2 open roles
  4. Signet Jewelers2 open roles
  5. Aston Carter1 open role
  6. GPAC1 open role
  7. KLN Family Brands1 open role
  8. Nbmbaa1 open role
  9. The US Oncology Network1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Otter Tail 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 Fergus Falls

    Fergus Falls · Affiliate · 218-739-7560

    8:00am - 4:30pm

Cities in Otter Tail 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.