Platteville, WI jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Platteville

• Part-time Finance ManagerSouthwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
• Credit AnalystCommunity First Bank - WI
• Assistant Professor of Music/Director of Choral StudiesUniversity of Wisconsin-Green Bay
• Outside Sales Representative-Building Materials (Lumber, Windows & More)Builders FirstSource
• Inside Sales Representative- Building Materials (Lumber, Windows & More)Builders FirstSource
• Marketing AssistantCommunity First Bank - WI
• Media Sales Account ExecutiveMorgan Murphy Media
• Department Assistant of Mechanical and Industrial EngineeringUniversity of Wisconsin-Green Bay
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program CoordinatorUniversity of Wisconsin-Green Bay
• Administrative SpecialistUniversity of Wisconsin-Green Bay

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Employers hiring most in Platteville

1. University of Wisconsin-Green Bay5 open roles
2. Builders FirstSource2 open roles
3. Community First Bank - WI2 open roles
4. Morgan Murphy Media1 open role
5. Southwestern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission1 open role

Platteville layoffs

No layoff notices naming Platteville 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.

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Colleges in Platteville

Grant 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 3.4% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 0.9% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.8%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−624 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Platteville. 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

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• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Platteville. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, Inc.

  Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, Rock

Grant County economy

• 2.8%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.7% the month before

• 27,521

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 51,678

  people in Grant County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $64,349

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 34%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS