Austin, MN jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Director of Workforce Education - MnSCU Academic Supervisor 3Riverland Community College
- Operations Data AnalystSplash Financial
- Mechanical EngineerSentient Industries
- Electrical Commissioning EngineerPkaza
- Ethics & Compliance ManagerHormel Foods
- Senior Financial Analyst-Austin, MNCentury Foods
- Brand Manager I/II - Jennie-O Brand - Retail - Corporate Office (Austin, MN / Willmar, MN)Hormel Foods
- Brand Manager - Planters Portfolio - Foodservice/Convenience ChannelHormel Foods
- Entry-Level Financial AnalystOne Federal Solution
- Developer/Programmer Analyst 3 - Public Health Data AutomationZipStaff
Employers hiring most in Austin
- Hormel14 open roles
- Hormel Foods4 open roles
- Century Foods1 open role
- Innovasolutions1 open role
- Mayo Clinic1 open role
- One Federal Solution1 open role
- Pkaza1 open role
- Riverland Community College1 open role
- Sentient Industries1 open role
- Splash Financial1 open role
Austin layoffs
No layoff notices naming Austin 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.
Mower 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 5.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.1%, up 1.0 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+481 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Austin. Each link goes to the publisher.
- A number of Goodyear employees to be laid offAudacy on MSN · Oct 29, 2026
Learn and get funded in Austin
- 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.
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- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Austin. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Minnesota? How to file for unemployment in Minnesota (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Workforce Development Board of Southeast Minnesota
Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha
CareerForce in Austin
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Mower County economy
4.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.1% the month before
20,759
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
40,069
people in Mower County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,495
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
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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