Ashland County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ashland County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Ashland County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
7,760
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
16,050
people in Ashland County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,645
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ashland County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Ashland 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 Ashland 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.

Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council1 open role

Colleges in Ashland County

Colleges in Ashland County
College	City	Type	Students
Northland College	Ashland	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Northwest Wisconsin Workforce Investment Board
Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor, Washburn

Ashland Job Center
Ashland · Affiliate · 715-682-9141
Monday-Wednesday 8:00am- 4:00pm

Cities in Ashland County

Ashland1 jobs

Other Wisconsin counties

All of Wisconsin

Laid off or looking for work in Ashland County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.