Chaska, MN jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Chaska
- HR GeneralistSwagelok
- Senior Director, Reagent OperationsDanaher
- Senior Manufacturing ScientistDanaher
- Danaher Business System Leader Manager, HardwareDanaher
- Scientist II Production OperationsDanaher
- Manufacturing Scientist IIDanaher
- Senior Director Quality OperationsDanaher
- Senior Quality EngineerDanaher
- Senior Supplier Quality EngineerDanaher
- Supplier Quality ManagerDanaher
Employers hiring most in Chaska
- Danaher14 open roles
- Lifecore Biomedical11 open roles
- Concentra1 open role
- Entegris1 open role
- George Konik Associates1 open role
- GPAC1 open role
- Quali Tech1 open role
- RoShay Services1 open role
- Swagelok1 open role
- The Goodman Group1 open role
Chaska layoffs
No layoff notices naming Chaska 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.
Carver 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 0.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 6.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.6 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,205 jobs), retail (+479 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,633 jobs), professional & technical (−515 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Chaska. Each link goes to the publisher.
- MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Minneapolis Faces $33 Million Budget Gap as Police Overtime, Rising Labor Costs and Proposed Layoffs Intensify City Hall Disputeminneapolimedia · Nov 8, 2026
- Two Minneapolis New French Bakery plants are set to close, affecting 166 jobsMinneapolis Bulletin on MSN · Nov 5, 2026
- New owner to shutter New French Bakery plants in Minneapolis, lay off over 160Bring Me The News on MSN · Nov 2, 2026
Learn and get funded in Chaska
- 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 Chaska. 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).
- Hennepin - Carver Workforce Development Board
Carver, Hennepin
CareerForce in Chaska
Chaska · Affiliate · 952-361-1711
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday (starting 10/19/26 hours will be Mon-Fri 9am-4pm)
Carver County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
63,843
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
108,622
people in Carver County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$123,144
median household income
Source: Census ACS
52%
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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