Fenton, MI jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Project ManagerBelfor
Employers hiring most in Fenton
- Belfor1 open role
Fenton layoffs
No layoff notices naming Fenton in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Genesee County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 3.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.1%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,197 jobs), construction (+715 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−893 jobs)
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- Tech leaders, higher ed & workforce Strategists convene in Flint for forum on AI data centers, water and local jobsThe Courier News · Oct 20, 2026
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- GST Michigan Works! Workforce Development Board
Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola
GST Michigan Works! Genesee Fenton Service Center
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Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
Genesee County economy
5.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.6% the month before
173,178
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
404,087
people in Genesee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$60,673
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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