Grayling, MI jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Grayling
- Senior Manufacturing EngineerSAAB
- Advanced Manufacturing EngineerSaab
- TITLE 32 RANGE OPERATIONS MANAGER (MI Camp Grayling) (GS-11)Army National Guard Units
- Account ManagerDayton Freight Lines
- Management TraineeDayton Freight Lines
Employers hiring most in Grayling
- Dayton Freight Lines2 open roles
- Army National Guard Units1 open role
- Saab1 open role
- SAAB1 open role
Grayling layoffs
No layoff notices naming Grayling 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.
Crawford County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 0.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 5.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.9%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Grayling. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Onaway exploring options regarding possible layoffsThe Alpena News · Oct 2, 2026
Learn and get funded in Grayling
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Grayling. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Michigan? How to file for unemployment in Michigan (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Michigan Works! Northeast Consortium Workforce Development Board
Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle
Michigan Works! Northeast Consortium Crawford Service Center
Grayling · Affiliate · 989-348-8709
M, Tu, W, F 8:30am - 4:30pm; Th 9am - 4:30pm
Crawford County economy
4.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.2% the month before
5,233
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
13,271
people in Crawford County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,614
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Michigan’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Michigan unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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