Adams County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Adams County’s unemployment rate is 4.8%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 5 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Adams County economy

4.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.9% the month before
8,691
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
20,928
people in Adams County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$59,153
median household income
Source: Census ACS
24%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Adams County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Adams 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

Employers hiring most in Adams 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.

Professional Transportation1 open role
Sysco1 open role
WS Building Materials1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Adams, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Vilas, Wood

Cities in Adams County

Jackson4 jobs

Other Wisconsin counties

All of Wisconsin

Laid off or looking for work in Adams County?

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Wisconsin’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.