Columbia County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Columbia County economy
3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.8% the month before
31,861
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
58,322
people in Columbia County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$82,792
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Columbia County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Columbia County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Columbia 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.
- Creative Financial Staffing3 open roles
- Central Builders2 open roles
- American Packaging1 open role
- Bank of Wisconsin Dells1 open role
- Chula Vista Resort1 open role
- Enerpac Tool Group1 open role
- Global Power Components1 open role
- Pyramid Global Hospitality1 open role
- Talent Acquisitions Group1 open role
- Uline1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Columbia County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin, Inc.
Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Marquette, Sauk
Cities in Columbia County
- Wisconsin Dells8 jobs
- Caledonia3 jobs
Other Wisconsin counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.