Clay County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meClay County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.8% the month before
35,951
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
65,628
people in Clay County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,664
median household income
Source: Census ACS
43%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Clay 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 0.2% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, up 1.1 points from a year ago
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- 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.
Clay County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Clay 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.
Employers hiring most in Clay 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.
- Border Foods2 open roles
- Novolex2 open roles
- Applied Engineering1 open role
- gpac1 open role
- GPAC1 open role
- Old National Bank1 open role
- Sevita1 open role
Colleges in Clay County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia College at Moorhead | Moorhead | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Minnesota State University Moorhead | Moorhead | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Clay 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 Moorhead
Moorhead · Affiliate · 218-287-5060
M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm
Cities in Clay County
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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