Williston, ND jobs, layoffs and employers

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- NORTH DAKOTA RIG MANAGER INabors Industries
- District HR Manager - Williston, NDNabors Industries
- Operations Specialist - Richland DivisionKinder Morgan
- Airport Operations SupervisorCity of Williston
- Restaurant Assistant General Manager – Fast CasualGecko Hospitality
- Restaurant General Manager-QSRGecko Hospitality
- Multi-Media Account ExecutiveTownsquare Media
- Commercial Lending ManagerPark Avenue Group
- Commercial Loan OfficerPark Avenue Group
- Outside Sales RepresentativeNFIB
Employers hiring most in Williston
- Gecko Hospitality2 open roles
- Nabors Industries2 open roles
- Park Avenue Group2 open roles
- Patterson UTI Energy2 open roles
- City of Williston1 open role
- JE Dunn Construction1 open role
- Kinder Morgan1 open role
- Mehr Consultancy1 open role
- NFIB1 open role
- Safeway1 open role
Williston layoffs
No layoff notices naming Williston 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.
Williams County 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 9.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.1%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: mining & energy (+860 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Williston. 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).
- North Dakota Workforce Development Council
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Williams County economy
2.1%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.6% the month before
20,697
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
39,368
people in Williams County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$90,224
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. North Dakota unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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