Eau Claire County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meEau Claire County economy
2.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.5% the month before
61,428
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
106,328
people in Eau Claire County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,834
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Eau Claire County ranks
Where Eau Claire County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #21Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Great Lakes2.6% · of 100
Eau Claire 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 0.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.6%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,640 jobs), hotels & food (+749 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−1,146 jobs), manufacturing (−623 jobs)
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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Eau Claire County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Eau Claire 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.
Employers hiring most in Eau Claire 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.
- PERRIGO6 open roles
- Cintas3 open roles
- GPAC2 open roles
- Mayo Clinic2 open roles
- Airgas1 open role
- Automation Displays1 open role
- Builders FirstSource1 open role
- Charter Communications1 open role
- Chippewa Valley Technical College1 open role
- CliftonLarsonAllen1 open role
Colleges in Eau Claire County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | Eau Claire | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Eau Claire 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).
- West Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board
Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix
Eau Claire County Job Center
Eau Claire · Comprehensive · 715-679-5551
Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm
Cities in Eau Claire County
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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