Jay County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Jay County’s unemployment rate is 3.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Jay County economy

3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.7% the month before
9,484
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
20,281
people in Jay County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,114
median household income
Source: Census ACS
24%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Jay County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Jay 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

Workforce development and job centers

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

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Cities in Jay County

Knox

Other Indiana counties

All of Indiana

Laid off or looking for work in Jay 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.