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Pennington County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pennington County’s unemployment rate is 5.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Pennington County economy

  • 5.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.9% the month before

  • 7,147

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 13,877

    people in Pennington County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $72,561

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 29%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pennington County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Pennington County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Pennington 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. Arctic Cat3 open roles
  2. Border Bank3 open roles
  3. Thief River Falls School District 5641 open role
  4. Trfchamber1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • CareerForce in Thief River Falls

    Thief River Falls · Comprehensive · 218-683-8060

    M -F 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Cities in Pennington County

Other Minnesota counties

All of Minnesota

Laid off or looking for work in Pennington County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.