Sheboygan County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meSheboygan County economy
2.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.5% the month before
63,977
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
117,783
people in Sheboygan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,898
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Sheboygan County ranks
Where Sheboygan County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #19Counties with the lowest unemployment in the Great Lakes2.6% · of 100
Sheboygan 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 2.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.6%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+879 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−732 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Sheboygan 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.
Sheboygan County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Sheboygan 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 Sheboygan 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.
- Johnsonville9 open roles
- Sargento5 open roles
- C&S Wholesale Grocers4 open roles
- Kohler3 open roles
- Rockline Industries3 open roles
- ABC Supply1 open role
- Accelerate Professional Talent Solutions1 open role
- Acturhire1 open role
- ACUITY, A Mutual Insurance Company1 open role
- American Orthodontics1 open role
Colleges in Sheboygan County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland University | Plymouth | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Sheboygan 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).
- Bay Area Workforce Development Board, Inc.
Brown, Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Sheboygan
Sheboygan County Job Center
Sheboygan · Comprehensive · 920-930-6565
M-F 8:00a - 4:00p
Cities in Sheboygan 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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