Janesville, WI jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Janesville

• Tax Senior ManagerBaker Tilly
• Commercial Banking Relationship Manager (RM)Johnson Bank
• Relationship Banker (Entry Level)Johnson Bank
• Human Resources Manager - DistributionGenerac
• Distribution Supervisor-2nd ShiftGenerac
• Graphic DesignerBlain's Farm & Fleet
• Warehouse Operations LeadNFI Industries
• AccountantCreative Financial Staffing
• HR AssistantCreative Financial Staffing
• Accounts Receivable SpecialistCreative Financial Staffing

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Employers hiring most in Janesville

1. Mercy Health5 open roles
2. NaturPak5 open roles
3. Creative Financial Staffing3 open roles
4. Generac2 open roles
5. Johnson Bank2 open roles
6. Baker Tilly1 open role
7. Blain's Farm & Fleet1 open role
8. Charter Communications1 open role
9. Corporate Services1 open role
10. Express Employment Professionals Defunct1 open role

Janesville layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 82

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

All layoff notices in the state

Rock 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 6.0% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.7% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.0%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,069 jobs), manufacturing (+646 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−374 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Rep. DeSanto: Statement on the May 2026 closing of the University of Wisconsin Platteville – Baraboo CampusWispolitics.com · Oct 20, 2026
• Platteville, Parkside consider layoffs, furloughs to address structural deficitsWispolitics.com · Oct 14, 2026
• UW-Platteville Baraboo Sauk County campus to close at end of school yearwiscnews · Oct 8, 2026

Learn and get funded in Janesville

• 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 Janesville. 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).

• Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, Inc.

  Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Rock

• Rock County Job Center

  Janesville · Comprehensive · 608-741-3400

  Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Rock County economy

• 3.0%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.9% the month before

• 87,389

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 163,944

  people in Rock County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $74,390

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 34%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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