Darien, WI jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Plant ControllerCreative Financial Staffing
- Senior AccountantCreative Financial Staffing
- Senior Director of OperationsRoyal Basket Trucks
- Sanitation ManagerConagra Brands
- Plant Engineering ManagerConagra Brands
- Production Supervisor - Night ShiftConagra Brands
- Quality Auditor - 3rd ShiftConagra Brands
- Plant Engineering ManagerRivalia Chemical
Employers hiring most in Darien
- Conagra Brands4 open roles
- Creative Financial Staffing2 open roles
- Rivalia Chemical1 open role
- Royal Basket Trucks1 open role
Darien layoffs
No layoff notices naming Darien 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.
Walworth 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 8.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.6%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+1,107 jobs), health care (+480 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Darien. Each link goes to the publisher.
- Illinois staffing company laying off 148 Kenosha workersBizTimes · Nov 2, 2026
- Kenosha residents raise concerns over proposed AI data center developmentFOX6 News Milwaukee on MSN · Oct 8, 2026
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- 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 Darien. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Wisconsin? How to file for unemployment in Wisconsin (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Southeastern Wisconsin Workforce Development Board
Kenosha, Racine, Walworth
Walworth County economy
2.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.4% the month before
62,307
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
105,447
people in Walworth County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,359
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
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 Wisconsin’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. Wisconsin unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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