Preston, MN jobs, layoffs and employers

Preston layoffs

No layoff notices naming Preston 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Fillmore County outlook: Cooling

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs down 2.9% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.4% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.5%, up 0.9 points from a year ago

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Preston. 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 Preston

• 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 Preston. 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 Preston

  Preston · Affiliate · 507-765-2476

  Monday- Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Fillmore County economy

• 3.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.6% the month before

• 11,794

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 21,346

  people in Fillmore County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $75,225

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 37%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS