Beltrami County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Beltrami County’s unemployment rate is 4.8%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 13 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Beltrami County economy

4.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
22,618
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
46,421
people in Beltrami County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,257
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Beltrami County ranks

Where Beltrami County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#10Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Great Lakes9.3 per 10,000 · of 100
#14Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Midwest9.3 per 10,000 · of 100

Beltrami 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 2.8% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 1.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.8%, up 0.9 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+346 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Beltrami County

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.

Beltrami County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Beltrami County 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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Employers hiring most in Beltrami County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Boys & Girls Clubs Of America2 open roles
GPAC2 open roles
Indian Health Service2 open roles
Marshfield Clinic2 open roles
Sanford Health2 open roles
Beltrami Electric Cooperative1 open role
Bemidji Area Schools1 open role
Gecko Hospitality1 open role
Minnesota Direct Care and Treatment1 open role

Colleges in Beltrami County

Colleges in Beltrami County
College	City	Type	Students
Bemidji State University	Bemidji	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999
Oak Hills Christian College	Bemidji	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000
Red Lake Nation College	Red Lake	Public 2-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Beltrami County. 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).

Rural Minnesota Workforce Development Board
Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, Wilkin

CareerForce in Bemidji (Westridge)
Bemidji · Affiliate · 218-444-0732
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday

Cities in Beltrami County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Minnesota’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Minnesota unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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