Merrill, WI jobs, layoffs and employers

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- AVP - IT Chief Technology OfficerChurch Mutual Insurance
- Senior Network EngineerChurch Mutual Insurance
- Manager - Expense Planning & AnalysisChurch Mutual Insurance
- Manager - Policy Administration SystemsChurch Mutual Insurance
- Service Manager - Cloud & InfrastructureChurch Mutual Insurance
- Claim Operations CoordinatorChurch Mutual Insurance
- Vendor Management & Purchasing SpecialistChurch Mutual Insurance
- Risk and Compliance ManagerPark City Credit Union
- BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYSTWeinbrenner Shoe
Employers hiring most in Merrill
- Church Mutual Insurance7 open roles
- Park City Credit Union1 open role
- Weinbrenner Shoe1 open role
Merrill layoffs
No layoff notices naming Merrill 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.
Lincoln 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 3.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 0.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.9%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Merrill. 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).
- North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Adams, Forest, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Oneida, Portage, Vilas, Wood
Lincoln County economy
2.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.6% the month before
13,797
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
28,403
people in Lincoln County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$67,726
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
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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