Van Buren County, MI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Van Buren County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Van Buren County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
34,072
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
75,681
people in Van Buren County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,902
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Van Buren 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 down 0.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 0.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.1%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+445 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: management of companies (−543 jobs)

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Van Buren County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Van Buren County 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.

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Employers hiring most in Van Buren 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.

Charles River Laboratories International6 open roles
Charles River Laboratories4 open roles
Maple Creek ED CTR1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Van Buren County. 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! Berrien, Cass, Van Buren Workforce Development Board
Berrien, Cass, Van Buren

Michigan Works! Center Paw Paw
Paw Paw · Comprehensive · 800-285-9675
Monday through Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm;

Cities in Van Buren County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Michigan’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Michigan unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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