Steele County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Steele County economy
5.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
17,750
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
37,413
people in Steele County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$83,448
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Steele County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Steele 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 Steele 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.
- Cintas3 open roles
- Fleet Farm3 open roles
- GPAC3 open roles
- Robert Bosch3 open roles
- Federated Insurance2 open roles
- Wenger2 open roles
- Duraco Specialty Tapes and Liners – A Duraco Specialty Mater...1 open role
- High Bar Brands1 open role
- Hilton Worldwide Holdings1 open role
- Jobot1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Steele 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 Owatonna
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Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm
Cities in Steele County
- Owatonna22 jobs
Other Minnesota counties
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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.