Fort Atkinson, WI jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Fort Atkinson

• Relationship Banker (Entry Level)Johnson Bank
• HR Generalist & Onboarding SpecialistTopcon Positioning Group
• Accounting Coordinator (Hybrid)Creative Financial Staffing
• Administrative Assistant (PCT)Davita
• Outside Sales Representative/Project ManagerBuilders FirstSource
• Inside Sales Representative IBuilders FirstSource
• Inside Sales Representative - Lumber/Building MaterialsBuilders FirstSource

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Employers hiring most in Fort Atkinson

1. Builders FirstSource3 open roles
2. Creative Financial Staffing1 open role
3. Davita1 open role
4. Johnson Bank1 open role
5. Topcon Positioning Group1 open role

Fort Atkinson layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 59

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

All layoff notices in the state

Jefferson 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 down 1.8% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 0.3% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.5%, unchanged from a year ago
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,595 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Fort Atkinson. Each link goes to the publisher.

• More Madison area businesses are adopting AI, survey findsThe Capital Times · Oct 27, 2026
• More Madison area businesses adopt AI amid concern over value, effectsThe Capital Times · Oct 27, 2026
• Cardinal Call: UW–Madison merges botany and integrative biology departmentsThe Daily Cardinal · Oct 21, 2026
• UW-Madison biology merger raises staff concerns over layoffs, botany’s futureThe Daily Cardinal · Oct 15, 2026
• Gov. Evers, DWD Announce $6.6 Million in New Grants to Train Over 3,800 Wisconsin Workers in Advanced Manufacturing and AIWHBL · Oct 14, 2026
• Fearing AI, young workers retrain for hands-on jobsThe Hechinger Report on MSN · Sep 29, 2026

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• 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 Fort Atkinson. 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).

• Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin, Inc.

  Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Marquette, Sauk

Jefferson County economy

• 2.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.5% the month before

• 48,706

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 85,867

  people in Jefferson County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $80,604

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 34%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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