Door County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Door County’s unemployment rate is 2.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 10 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Door County economy

  • 2.5%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    2.2% the month before

  • 17,047

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 30,279

    people in Door County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $71,785

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 39%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Door 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 6.7% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population up 1.6% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 2.5%, up 0.3 points from a year ago

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Door County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Door 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.

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Employers hiring most in Door 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.

  1. Door County Medical Center1 open role
  2. GPAC1 open role
  3. KerberRose S.C.1 open role
  4. Kwik Trip1 open role
  5. MBE CPAs1 open role
  6. O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
  7. Pro Products1 open role
  8. Remedy Intelligent Staffing1 open role
  9. WEC Energy1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Door 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).

  • Door County - Job Center of Wisconsin

    Sturgeon Bay · Affiliate · 920-743-6915

    Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm except Tuesdays

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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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