Boone County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Boone County’s unemployment rate is 2.8%. Employers filed 3 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 78 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Boone County economy

2.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.0% the month before
43,394
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
72,827
people in Boone County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$104,865
median household income
Source: Census ACS
53%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Boone County layoffs

3
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
133
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
3
employers

WARN notices filed in Boone County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
May 19, 2026	Eclipse Advantage, LLCTakes effect Jul 18, 2026	Whitestown	21	—	State record
May 1, 2026	Cummins IncTakes effect Jul 31, 2020	Whitestown	59	—	State record
Jan 30, 2026	National Distribution CentersTakes effect Apr 3, 2026	Lebanon	53	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Boone 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.

Eli Lilly and Company31 open roles
Turner Construction9 open roles
Amazon4 open roles
Brooksource3 open roles
Cardinal Health3 open roles
AES Restaurant Group2 open roles
Attentive2 open roles
Creative Financial Staffing2 open roles
Group 10012 open roles
i-Pharm GxP2 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

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

Region 5 Workforce Board, Inc.
Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Morgan, Shelby

Cities in Boone County

Lebanon59 jobs
Whitestown13 jobs
Zionsville6 jobs

Other Indiana counties

All of Indiana

Laid off or looking for work in Boone County?

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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.