South Bend, IN jobs, layoffs and employers

5 open professional jobs in South Bend. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. South Bend is in St. Joseph County.

Jobs in South Bend

Counsel – Settlement TeamBarnes & Thornburg
Construction ManagerBarnes & Thornburg
Immigration AttorneyBarnes & Thornburg
Wealth Management Client AssociateMerrill

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Employers hiring most in South Bend

Barnes & Thornburg3 open roles
Merrill1 open role

South Bend layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
49
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in South Bend, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Oct 29, 2025	JMS Engineered Plastics, Inc.Takes effect Oct 29, 2025	South Bend	49	—	State record

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Colleges in South Bend

Colleges in South Bend
College	Type	Students
Indiana University-South Bend	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Northern Indiana Workforce Development Board (NIWB), Inc
Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, St. Joseph

WorkOne Center South Bend
South Bend · Comprehensive · 574-237-9675
Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 4:30pm Fridays 10:30am-4:30pm

St. Joseph County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.4% the month before
129,637
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
272,574
people in St. Joseph County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,885
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: WARN notices from Indiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.