Pleasant Prairie, WI jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Global Director, R&D - CleanersRPM International
- Vice President of Distribution OperationsUline
- Product Marketing ManagerUline
- Graduate Leadership Development Program (Relocation Help)Uline
- Finance Leadership Development ProgramUline
- Credit Analyst - BilingualUline
- Operations AnalystUline
- Head of Benefits Human Resources Human Resources Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin 2026-10-21 00:00:00Z #88 R268454 Pay Based on QualificationsUline
- Vice President of Marketing Direct Marketing Direct Marketing Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin 2026-10-28 00:00:00Z #55 R268716 Pay Based on QualificationsUline
- Facilities ManagerUline
Employers hiring most in Pleasant Prairie
- Uline15 open roles
- RPM International3 open roles
- Connect Search1 open role
- Dahl Consulting1 open role
- KEM Krest1 open role
- Waukegan Steel1 open role
Pleasant Prairie layoffs
No layoff notices naming Pleasant Prairie 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.
Kenosha 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 8.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 0.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.0%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,162 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+896 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Pleasant Prairie. 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
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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
Kenosha County economy
3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.9% the month before
97,124
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
168,413
people in Kenosha County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$79,412
median household income
Source: Census ACS
38%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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