Apple Valley, MN jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Apple Valley
- Leave and Benefits SpecialistCity Of Apple Valley
- Early Childhood Principal: Emperor Ave, Apple ValleyLearning Care Group
- Product Marketing Manager-HydronicsGeorg Fischer
- Senior Research Scientist - RheologyGeorg Fischer
- Senior Packaging EngineerUponor
Employers hiring most in Apple Valley
- Georg Fischer2 open roles
- City Of Apple Valley1 open role
- Learning Care Group1 open role
- Uponor1 open role
Apple Valley layoffs
No layoff notices naming Apple Valley 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.
Dakota 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 3.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.4%, up 0.9 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,544 jobs), hotels & food (+990 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−1,121 jobs), information (−1,100 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in Minnesota? How to file for unemployment in Minnesota (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board
Dakota, Scott
Dakota County economy
4.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
252,001
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
442,204
people in Dakota County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$105,212
median household income
Source: Census ACS
47%
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 Minnesota’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. Minnesota unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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