Platte County, WY jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Platte County’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Platte County economy

3.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.6% the month before
3,511
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
8,606
people in Platte County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$66,299
median household income
Source: Census ACS
36%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Platte 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 down 1.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 0.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.3%, down 0.3 points from a year ago

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Platte County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Platte 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 Platte 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.

Albertsons Companies1 open role
First State Bank1 open role
Safeway1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Platte County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Wyoming? How to file for unemployment in Wyoming (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Wyoming Workforce Development Council
Serves all of Wyoming

Wheatland Workforce Center
Wheatland · Affiliate · 307-322-4741
8:00am - 5:00pm, Monday thru Friday

Cities in Platte County

Wheatland3 jobs

Other Wyoming counties

All of Wyoming

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Wyoming’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Wyoming unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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