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Wisconsin jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

Wisconsin’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. 3,643 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 56 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

Wisconsin economy

  • 3.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.1% the month before

  • 3,148,250

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 5,892,023

    people in Wisconsin

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $75,670

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wisconsin layoffs

  • 56

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 4,158

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 45

    employers

WARN notices filed in Wisconsin, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
PPD d/b/a Thermo Fisher Scientific - Revision 2Takes effect Sep 28, 2026Middleton71—State record
Maynard Steel Casting Company and Maynard Alloy Casting Company LLCTakes effect Dec 4, 2026Milwaukee77—State record
Bank First, N.A.Takes effect Dec 4, 2026Wausau47—State record
PPD d/b/a Thermo Fisher Scientific - Revision 1Takes effect Sep 28, 2026Middleton69—State record
Sunlite Plastics, Inc.Takes effect Dec 7, 2026Germantown41—State record
Henkel US Operations Corporation - Revision 1Takes effect Jun 20, 2026Oak Creek24—State record
Sparhawk Trucking Inc. / Sparhawk Truck and Trailer Inc. - Revision 2Takes effect Sep 8, 2026Wisconsin Rapids74—State record
Foremost Farms USATakes effect Dec 15, 2026Marshfield68—State record
Durr CTS, Inc.Takes effect Oct 13, 2026De Pere75—State record
Samuel Pressure Vessel GroupTakes effect Aug 4, 2026Tomahawk76—State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in Wisconsin

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Michels130 open roles
  2. GPAC81 open roles
  3. Creative Financial Staffing72 open roles
  4. Faith Technologies62 open roles
  5. Amcor50 open roles
  6. GE HealthCare Technologies47 open roles
  7. Rockwell Automation44 open roles
  8. Gecko Hospitality43 open roles
  9. Harley-Davidson40 open roles
  10. Froedtert ThedaCare Health35 open roles
  11. Amazon34 open roles
  12. Fleet Farm34 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Wisconsin

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in Wisconsin

  • 46

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 355,500

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in Wisconsin

Largest colleges in Wisconsin
CollegeCityTypeStudents
University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadisonPublic 4-year20,000+
University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukeePublic 4-year20,000+
Marquette UniversityMilwaukeePrivate nonprofit 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireEau ClairePublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen BayPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Wisconsin-La CrosseLa CrossePublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkoshPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewaterPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Concordia University-WisconsinMequonPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
Herzing University-MadisonMadisonPrivate nonprofit 4-year5,000–9,999
University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePlattevillePublic 4-year5,000–9,999
University of Wisconsin-River FallsRiver FallsPublic 4-year5,000–9,999

All 46 Wisconsin colleges

Workforce development and job centers

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

34 American Job Centers in Wisconsin

Job fairs and business events in Wisconsin

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in Wisconsin.

Conferences in Wisconsin

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Wisconsin, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 15 with dates announced.

All conferences

Wisconsin counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Wisconsin cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in Wisconsin?

See what to do first, what Wisconsin unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from Wisconsin’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Wisconsin unemployment benefits.