Sauk County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Sauk County economy
2.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
2.5% the month before
37,332
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
65,759
people in Sauk County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,648
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Sauk County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Sauk 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 Sauk 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.
- Sysco4 open roles
- Coating Place2 open roles
- Foremost Farms USA2 open roles
- GPAC2 open roles
- Sauk Prairie Area Chamber of Commerce2 open roles
- Baillie Lumber1 open role
- BMO Bank National Association1 open role
- Flambeau1 open role
- Food Management Search1 open role
- Gecko Hospitality1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Sauk 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
Sauk County Job Center
Baraboo · Affiliate · 608-355-4810
Monday-Friday 8am-4pm by appointment Resource Room Monday 9:00 am-2:30 pm & Tuesdays 12:30 pm-2:30pm
Cities in Sauk County
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.