Wells County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wells County’s unemployment rate is 2.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wells County economy

2.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.0% the month before
15,520
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
28,261
people in Wells County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,741
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wells County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wells 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 Wells 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.

Hershey2 open roles
Attentive1 open role
Community Health Systems1 open role
Inteva Products1 open role
Prima Staffing Solutions1 open role
Talento Search Group1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Northeast Indiana Works
Adams, Allen, De Kalb, Grant, Huntington, Lagrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, Whitley

WorkOne Northeast Indiana - Wells County
Bluffton · Affiliate · 260-824-0855
Tuesday 8:00am – 11:00am

Cities in Wells County

Bluffton7 jobs

Other Indiana counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Wells 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.