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Monroe County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Monroe County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 18 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Monroe County economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.6% the month before

  • 23,429

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 46,169

    people in Monroe County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $68,213

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 30%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Monroe County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Monroe 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 Monroe 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.

  1. Ascension Calumet Hospital5 open roles
  2. Veterans Health Administration4 open roles
  3. Johnson Controls2 open roles
  4. Organic Valley2 open roles
  5. Artha1 open role
  6. Clarios1 open role
  7. Davita1 open role
  8. Mars1 open role
  9. ZipStaff1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Monroe County

Other Wisconsin counties

All of Wisconsin

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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.