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North Dakota jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

North Dakota’s unemployment rate is 2.2%. 437 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 1 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

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North Dakota economy

  • 2.2%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    2.6% the month before

  • 430,270

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 779,361

    people in North Dakota

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $75,949

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

North Dakota outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 1.8%, down 0.3 points from a year ago
  • Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+3,612 jobs), health care (+2,911 jobs)
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,013 jobs), information (−756 jobs)

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North Dakota layoffs

  • 1

    Layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 47

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

Layoff notices filed in North Dakota, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Noridian Healthcare SolutionsNoridian Healthcare Solutions47—State record

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Employers hiring most in North Dakota

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. American Civil Constructors16 open roles
  2. Mastec16 open roles
  3. CHS14 open roles
  4. Danaher9 open roles
  5. Border States7 open roles
  6. CVS Health7 open roles
  7. Gecko Hospitality7 open roles
  8. Red River Commodities7 open roles
  9. Barr Engineering6 open roles
  10. GPAC6 open roles
  11. Kinder Morgan5 open roles
  12. Loenbro5 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in North Dakota

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in North Dakota

  • 14

    public and private non-profit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 64,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in North Dakota

Largest colleges in North Dakota
CollegeCityTypeStudents
North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargoPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
University of North DakotaGrand ForksPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Dickinson State UniversityDickinsonPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Mayville State UniversityMayvillePublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Minot State UniversityMinotPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
University of JamestownJamestownPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
University of MaryBismarckPrivate non-profit 4-year1,000–4,999
Valley City State UniversityValley CityPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Cankdeska Cikana Community CollegeFort TottenPublic 2-yearUnder 1,000
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish CollegeNew TownPublic 4-yearUnder 1,000
Sitting Bull CollegeFort YatesPublic 4-yearUnder 1,000
Trinity Bible College and Graduate SchoolEllendalePrivate non-profit 4-yearUnder 1,000

All 14 North Dakota colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving North Dakota. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in North Dakota? How to file for unemployment in North Dakota (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

9 American Job Centers in North Dakota

Conferences in North Dakota

Industry conferences and trade shows held in North Dakota, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 1 with dates announced.

All conferences

North Dakota counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

Show all 53

North Dakota cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Show all 22

Laid off or looking for work in North Dakota?

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See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; layoff notices from North Dakota’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. North Dakota unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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