Grant County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Grant County economy
3.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
26,349
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
51,678
people in Grant County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,349
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Grant County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Grant 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 Grant 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.
- Community First Bank - WI3 open roles
- Builders FirstSource2 open roles
- Morgan Murphy Media2 open roles
- Cfbank1 open role
- McDonald Plastic Molding1 open role
- Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission1 open role
Colleges in Grant County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin-Platteville | Platteville | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Grant County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Rock
Cities in Grant County
- Platteville8 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.