Goodhue County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meGoodhue County economy
4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.2% the month before
26,346
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
47,844
people in Goodhue County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$82,749
median household income
Source: Census ACS
37%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Goodhue County ranks
Where Goodhue County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #18Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Great Lakes8.7 per 10,000 · of 100
- #24Counties with the most job centers per unemployed person in the Midwest8.7 per 10,000 · of 100
Goodhue 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 3.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.3% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.3%, up 1.1 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Goodhue County. 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 Goodhue 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.
Goodhue County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Goodhue 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 Goodhue 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.
- Cerenity Senior Care2 open roles
- CRH Public2 open roles
- Knobelsdorff (KE)2 open roles
- Cerenity Senior Care1 open role
- Denver North Care Center1 open role
- George Konik Associates1 open role
- GPAC1 open role
- Sevita1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Goodhue 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).
- Workforce Development Board of Southeast Minnesota
Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha
CareerForce in Red Wing
Red Wing · Affiliate · 651-385-6402
M-Th 8:00am - 4:30pm
Cities in Goodhue 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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