Allen County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Allen County’s unemployment rate is 3.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 256 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Allen County economy

3.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
204,219
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
388,791
people in Allen County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$68,839
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Allen County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Allen County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Allen 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.

BAE Systems33 open roles
RTX25 open roles
L3HARRIS Technologies23 open roles
Sweetwater19 open roles
Holder Construction10 open roles
Community Health Systems9 open roles
Steel Dynamics9 open roles
Harris Health Strategic Fund8 open roles
Amazon5 open roles
GPAC4 open roles

Colleges in Allen County

Colleges in Allen County
College	City	Type	Students
Purdue University Fort Wayne	Fort Wayne	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999
Indiana Institute of Technology	Fort Wayne	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies	Fort Wayne	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne	Fort Wayne	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Concordia Theological Seminary	Fort Wayne	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

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Cities in Allen County

Fort Wayne254 jobs

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