Duluth, MN jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Duluth

• Engineer IAllete
• Environmental Compliance Specialist IAllete
• Director of Physician RecruitmentB.E. Smith
• Full or Associate Professor & Director of Rural Health Research InitiativesUniversity of Minnesota
• Chief Operations OfficerLake Superior Community
• Vice President of Human ResourcesTrue North Goodwill Northern Minnesota and No
• Senior HR ManagerFinancial Solutions
• Associate AttorneyFryberger Law Firm
• HR Business PartnerEnergy Innovation
• Project Engineer Civil/ElectricalMSA Professional Services

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Employers hiring most in Duluth

1. Barr Engineering8 open roles
2. Maximus5 open roles
3. Allete2 open roles
4. Cintas2 open roles
5. Energy Innovation2 open roles
6. Hubbard Broadcasting2 open roles
7. Intellipro Group2 open roles
8. Axelon Services1 open role
9. B.E. Smith1 open role
10. Braun Intertec1 open role

Duluth layoffs

No layoff notices naming Duluth 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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Colleges in Duluth

Conferences in Duluth

Industry conferences and trade shows held in Duluth. 1 with dates announced.

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St. Louis 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 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 0.2% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.8%, up 0.7 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,487 jobs), manufacturing (+909 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Duluth. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Gleb Tsipursky | Virginia’s AI training needs a first job at the other endAugusta Free Press · Nov 2, 2026

Learn and get funded in Duluth

• 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 Duluth. 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).

• Duluth Workforce Development Board

  City: Duluth

• Northeast Minnesota Workforce Development Board

  Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, St. Louis

• CareerForce in Duluth

  Duluth · Comprehensive · 218-302-8400

  8:00am - 4:30pm M-F

St. Louis County economy

• 4.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.1% the month before

• 97,699

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 200,056

  people in St. Louis County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $69,455

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 39%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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