Lafayette County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lafayette County’s unemployment rate is 2.5%. Employers filed 2 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lafayette County economy

2.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.4% the month before
10,076
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
16,788
people in Lafayette County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$72,091
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lafayette County layoffs

2
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
97
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers

WARN notices filed in Lafayette County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Jul 20, 2026	Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. White Hill CheeseTakes effect Aug 14, 2026	Shullsburg	54	—	State record
Jul 20, 2026	Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. Shullsburg CreameryTakes effect Jul 20, 2026	Shullsburg	43	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Lafayette 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.

Best Version Media1 open role
Cross Oberman,Destiny Espinoza1 open role
Drake & Associates1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lafayette 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 Lafayette County

Shullsburg

Other Wisconsin counties

All of Wisconsin

Laid off or looking for work in Lafayette County?

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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.