Okemos, MI jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Business Development RepresentativeAgate Software
- General Manager- Fast Casual Icon- Big Growth!Gecko Hospitality
- Child Care Center DirectorLearning Care Group
- Team LeadLearning Care Group
- Financial Advisor - PNC Wealth ManagementPNC Financial Services Group
- Database Administrator (PostgreSQL / SQL Server)AB2 Consulting
Employers hiring most in Okemos
- Learning Care Group2 open roles
- AB2 Consulting1 open role
- Agate Software1 open role
- Gecko Hospitality1 open role
- PNC Financial Services Group1 open role
Okemos layoffs
No layoff notices naming Okemos 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.
Ingham 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 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,556 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+1,098 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,788 jobs), admin & staffing (−998 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Okemos. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Former Lansing mayor leaves lasting economic legacy, MEDC announces layoffs and other business headlines from across LansingWILX on MSN · Oct 19, 2026
- GM’s Lansing Cadillac plant may build nothing for 18 months, and 350 workers go home in JanuaryMorning Overview on MSN · Oct 19, 2026
- GM’s Lansing Plant May Go Quiet After Cadillac CT5 Production Ends, With 350 Layoffs ReportedYAHOO! · Oct 19, 2026
- Lawsuit alleges Michigan corrections officers recorded inmate giving birthWILX · Oct 12, 2026
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Okemos. 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).
- Capital Area Michigan Works! Workforce Development Board
Clinton, Eaton, Ingham
Ingham County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.3% the month before
139,224
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
282,015
people in Ingham County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,354
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
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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