St. Croix County, WI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

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Show me jobs near meSt. Croix County economy
2.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
2.7% the month before
55,536
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
94,819
people in St. Croix County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$102,482
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
St. Croix County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 5.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 4.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.8%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: retail (+578 jobs), health care (+519 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−669 jobs)
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St. Croix County layoffs
No layoff notices naming St. Croix 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 St. Croix 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.
- Dayton Freight Lines2 open roles
- GEA2 open roles
- Central Processing1 open role
- Guinn Vinopal & Zahradka1 open role
- HealthPartners1 open role
- Hunt Electric1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving St. Croix 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
Cities in St. Croix County
Other Wisconsin counties
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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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