Pierce County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pierce County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 9 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Pierce County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.4% the month before
25,309
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
42,351
people in Pierce County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$88,802
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pierce County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Pierce 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 Pierce 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.

Columbus McKinnon3 open roles
Batteries Plus1 open role
Creative Financial Staffing1 open role
Fathommfg1 open role
Medline Industries1 open role
STACK Infrastructure US1 open role
Wieser Concrete Products1 open role

Colleges in Pierce County

Colleges in Pierce County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Wisconsin-River Falls	River Falls	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board
Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix

St. Croix Valley Job Center
River Falls · Affiliate
Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm

Cities in Pierce County

Hartland7 jobs
River Falls1 jobs

Other Wisconsin counties

All of Wisconsin

Laid off or looking for work in Pierce County?

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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.