Dodge County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Dodge County’s unemployment rate is 2.3%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 41 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Dodge County economy

2.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.2% the month before
51,524
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
88,818
people in Dodge County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$73,992
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Dodge County ranks

Where Dodge County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#7Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Great Lakes2.3% · of 100
#20Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Midwest2.3% · of 100

Dodge 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 3.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 0.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 2.3%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: construction (+413 jobs), manufacturing (+338 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Dodge County. 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

Learn and get funded in Dodge County

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.

Dodge County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Dodge County 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Dodge County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Michels26 open roles
Mortenson2 open roles
TDS Telecom2 open roles
Creative Financial Staffing1 open role
CS Recruiting1 open role
Empeople Credit Union1 open role
Gecko Hospitality1 open role
Horicon Bank1 open role
Manpower1 open role
Marshfield Clinic1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Dodge County. 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

Cities in Dodge County

Other Wisconsin counties

All of Wisconsin

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Wisconsin’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Wisconsin unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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