Marquette County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Marquette County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Marquette County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
7,850
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
15,706
people in Marquette County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,471
median household income
Source: Census ACS
25%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Marquette County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Marquette 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

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Marquette 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

Other Wisconsin counties

All of Wisconsin

Laid off or looking for work in Marquette 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.