Portage County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Portage County economy
3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.9% the month before
37,936
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
70,375
people in Portage County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$73,284
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Portage County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Portage 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 Portage 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.
- DEL Monte3 open roles
- McCain Foods USA3 open roles
- Aspirus2 open roles
- Charter Communications2 open roles
- Gecko Hospitality2 open roles
- GPAC2 open roles
- Alera Group1 open role
- Appleton Finn1 open role
- BMO Bank National Association1 open role
- Cintas1 open role
Colleges in Portage County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Stevens Point | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Portage County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Adams, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Vilas, Wood
Cities in Portage County
- Stevens Point24 jobs
- Plover10 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.