Wadena County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wadena County’s unemployment rate is 6.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Wadena County economy

6.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.3% the month before
6,662
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
14,135
people in Wadena County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,882
median household income
Source: Census ACS
28%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wadena County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wadena 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 Wadena 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 Wadena
Wadena · Affiliate · 218-631-7660
M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm

Cities in Wadena 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.