Spencer County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Spencer County economy
3.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
10,481
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
19,871
people in Spencer County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,890
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Spencer County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Spencer County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Spencer 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.
- Cintas3 open roles
- GPAC2 open roles
- Unifirst2 open roles
- Zachry2 open roles
- American Electric Power1 open role
- Caesars Entertainment1 open role
- Impact Networking1 open role
- Integrity Trade Services1 open role
- Lear1 open role
- Pinnacle Partners1 open role
Colleges in Spencer County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Meinrad School of Theology | St. Meinrad | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Spencer County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Grow Southwest Indiana Workforce Board
Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick
Cities in Spencer County
- Hammond18 jobs
- St. Meinrad
Other Indiana counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.