Aberdeen, SD jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Aberdeen
- Client Service Associate - Aberdeen,SDLPL Financial
- Area Business ManagerTitan Machinery
- Remote Search Consultant / RecruiterGPAC
- Entry Level Remote RecruiterGPAC
- Remote Mobile Developer (Junior) - Flexible Hours & MentorshipRealty Plus
- Credit Analyst IIIFirst Interstate
- Inside Sales Representative IITruckee Tahoe Lumber
- Email Marketing SpecialistBusiness Excellence
- Director of Agronomy Technology ServicesSouth Dakota Wheat Growers
- General Manager - Travel CenterSouth Dakota Wheat Growers
Employers hiring most in Aberdeen
- South Dakota Wheat Growers5 open roles
- Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology2 open roles
- GPAC2 open roles
- Agtegra Cooperative1 open role
- Builders FirstSource1 open role
- Business Excellence1 open role
- CorTrust Bank1 open role
- First Interstate1 open role
- Gecko Hospitality1 open role
- Indian Health Service1 open role
Aberdeen layoffs
No layoff notices naming Aberdeen 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.
Colleges in Aberdeen
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Northern State University | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Brown 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 0.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 1.6%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−437 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Aberdeen. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Poll: Voters split on Thune and Trump job performanceSouth Dakota News Watch · Oct 28, 2026
Learn and get funded in Aberdeen
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Aberdeen. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in South Dakota? How to file for unemployment in South Dakota (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- South Dakota Workforce Development Council
Serves all of South Dakota
Aberdeen American Job Center
Aberdeen · Affiliate · 605-773-3372
Monday - Friday- Call for an appointment
Brown County economy
1.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
1.8% the month before
19,549
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
38,079
people in Brown County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,239
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
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 South 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. South Dakota unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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