Carver County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Carver County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 51 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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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

Where Carver County ranks

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

November 2026

#10Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Great Lakes52% · of 100
#12Counties with the highest share of white-collar workers in the Midwest52% · of 100

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 Carver County. 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 Carver 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.

Carver County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Carver 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Carver 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.

Danaher14 open roles
Lifecore Biomedical11 open roles
GPAC3 open roles
ADP - Automatic Data Processing2 open roles
Eaton2 open roles
George Konik Associates2 open roles
Life Time2 open roles
Mediacom Communications2 open roles
Chaska1 open role
Concentra1 open role

Colleges in Carver County

Colleges in Carver County
College	City	Type	Students
Crown College	Saint Bonifacius	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Carver 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).

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)

Cities in Carver 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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