Ozaukee County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meOzaukee County economy
2.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.5% the month before
50,406
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
92,345
people in Ozaukee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$96,734
median household income
Source: Census ACS
50%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Ozaukee County ranks
Where Ozaukee County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
Ozaukee 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 0.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.7%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+686 jobs), private education (+497 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,023 jobs)
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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.
Ozaukee County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Ozaukee 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 Ozaukee 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.
- Vantage Data Centers7 open roles
- Oracle5 open roles
- Dairy Farmers of America3 open roles
- Opower3 open roles
- Ascension Calumet Hospital2 open roles
- Ascension Seton2 open roles
- Creative Financial Staffing2 open roles
- E Tech Group2 open roles
- Labcorp Holdings2 open roles
- LHH2 open roles
Colleges in Ozaukee County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concordia University-Wisconsin | Mequon | Private non-profit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Ozaukee 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).
- WOW Workforce Development Board
Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha
Cities in Ozaukee 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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