Otter Tail County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Otter Tail County economy

• 4.2%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.3% the month before

• 30,280

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 60,281

  people in Otter Tail County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $70,912

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 36%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Otter Tail 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 0.2% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.6% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.2%, up 0.9 points from a year ago

Learn and get funded in Otter Tail County

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• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Otter Tail County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Otter Tail 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 Otter Tail 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.

1. 3M2 open roles
2. Fleet Farm2 open roles
3. Baillow Recruiting1 open role
4. Beloit Health System1 open role
5. CHS1 open role
6. Fairview Health Services1 open role
7. Fairview Heights Medical Group Sc1 open role
8. Green Plains1 open role
9. Nbmbaa1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Otter Tail 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 Fergus Falls

  Fergus Falls · Affiliate · 218-739-7560

  8:00am - 4:30pm

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