Stearns County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Stearns County’s unemployment rate is 4.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 43 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Stearns County economy

4.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
86,774
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
159,358
people in Stearns County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$76,447
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Stearns County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Stearns 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 Stearns 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.

Jefferson Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCAP)3 open roles
Charter Communications2 open roles
Cintas2 open roles
Minnwest Bank2 open roles
Townsquare Media2 open roles
BAYADA Home Health Care1 open role
Builders FirstSource1 open role
Creative Financial Staffing1 open role
Encore Capital Group1 open role
Farm Service Agency1 open role

Colleges in Stearns County

Colleges in Stearns County
College	City	Type	Students
Saint Cloud State University	Saint Cloud	Public 4-year	10,000–19,999
College of Saint Benedict	Saint Joseph	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Saint Johns University	Collegeville	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Career Solutions Workforce Development Board
Benton, Stearns

CareerForce in Saint Cloud
St. Cloud · Comprehensive · 320-308-5320
M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm

Cities in Stearns 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.