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Waupaca County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Waupaca County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Waupaca County economy

  • 3.1%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    2.9% the month before

  • 26,990

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 51,714

    people in Waupaca County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $71,189

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 29%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Waupaca County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Waupaca 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 Waupaca 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. Steelesolutions4 open roles
  2. Bernatello's Foods1 open role
  3. Fleet Farm1 open role
  4. GO Riteway Transportation Group1 open role
  5. Rawhide1 open role
  6. Rawhide-Youth-Services1 open role
  7. Tyson Foods1 open role
  8. Walgreens Boots Alliance1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Cities in Waupaca County

Other Wisconsin counties

All of Wisconsin

Laid off or looking for work in Waupaca 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.