St. Peter, MN jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meSt. Peter layoffs
No layoff notices naming St. Peter 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.
Colleges in St. Peter
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Gustavus Adolphus College | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Nicollet 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 7.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 0.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, up 1.0 points from a year ago
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−617 jobs), retail (−383 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in St. Peter. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Mankato students push to save printmaking professor’s job as staff cuts continueStar Tribune · Nov 7, 2026
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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).
- South Central Workforce Council
Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, Nicollet, Sibley, Waseca, Watonwan
Nicollet County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.8% the month before
19,999
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
34,350
people in Nicollet County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$80,362
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
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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