Wood County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wood County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. Employers filed 3 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 17 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wood County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.3% the month before
35,906
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
74,039
people in Wood County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,417
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wood County layoffs

3
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
151
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
2
employers

WARN notices filed in Wood County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Sep 8, 2026	Sparhawk Trucking Inc. / Sparhawk Truck and Trailer Inc. - Revision 2Takes effect Sep 8, 2026	Wisconsin Rapids	74	—	State record
Jul 30, 2026	Sparhawk Trucking Inc. / Sparhawk Truck and Trailer Inc. - Revision 1	Wisconsin Rapids	77	—	State record
May 29, 2026	Sparhawk Trucking Inc. / Sparhawk Truck and Trailer Inc. * Received from the Ch	Wisconsin Rapids	—	Unknown	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Wood 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.

Gecko Hospitality2 open roles
Appvion1 open role
Aprilaire1 open role
CivicMinds1 open role
Employment Resource Group1 open role
KemperSports1 open role
M2S Group1 open role
McCain Foods USA1 open role
Sun Prairie Area School District1 open role
Unifirst1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wood 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

Wisconsin Rapids Job Center
Wisconsin Rapids · Affiliate
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm

Cities in Wood County

Wisconsin Rapids9 jobs
Nekoosa8 jobs

Other Wisconsin counties

All of Wisconsin

Laid off or looking for work in Wood 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.