Bottineau County, ND jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Bottineau County economy

• 1.6%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.3% the month before

• 3,300

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 6,390

  people in Bottineau County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $83,460

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 38%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Bottineau 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 8.0% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 1.6% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 1.6%, down 0.7 points from a year ago

Learn and get funded in Bottineau County

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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Bottineau County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Bottineau 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 Bottineau 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. Lavoro1 open role
2. Sanford Health1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Bottineau County. 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

  Serves all of North Dakota

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