Cavalier County, ND jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Cavalier County’s unemployment rate is 1.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

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Cavalier County economy

  • 1.7%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    2.3% the month before

  • 1,810

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 3,663

    people in Cavalier County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $67,064

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 43%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Cavalier 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 1.7% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 5.4% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 1.7%, down 0.6 points from a year ago

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Cavalier County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Cavalier 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Cavalier 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).

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from North Dakota’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. North Dakota unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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