Wayne County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wayne County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 15 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wayne County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
30,614
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
66,377
people in Wayne County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,652
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wayne County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wayne 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 Wayne 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.

Belden4 open roles
Damar Services3 open roles
Menasha2 open roles
Transcendia2 open roles
Colgate Palmolive1 open role
Damar Health Services1 open role
Earlham College1 open role
Primex Plastics1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in Wayne County

Belden5,001–20,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Wayne County

Colleges in Wayne County
College	City	Type	Students
Indiana University-East	Richmond	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999
Bethany Theological Seminary	Richmond	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
Earlham College	Richmond	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Eastern Indiana Works
Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Henry, Jay, Randolph, Rush, Union, Wayne

WorkOne Richmond
Richmond · Affiliate · 765-962-8591
Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday and Friday 8am-4:30pm,Thursday 10:00am-4:30pm

Cities in Wayne County

Richmond15 jobs

Other Indiana counties

All of Indiana

Laid off or looking for work in Wayne County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.