Traverse County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Traverse County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Traverse County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.3% the month before
1,742
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
3,279
people in Traverse County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,931
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Traverse County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Traverse 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

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Traverse 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

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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.