Whitley County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Get your free assessmentWhitley County economy
2.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
18,457
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
34,388
people in Whitley County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$75,790
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Whitley County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Whitley County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Whitley 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 - Columbia City
Columbia City · Affiliate · 260-248-8611
Wednesday: 8:00am – 11:00am
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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.