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Ionia County, MI jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ionia County’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 2 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Ionia County economy

  • 4.3%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 29,805

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 66,706

    people in Ionia County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $73,436

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 31%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ionia County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Ionia 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 Ionia 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.

  1. Ambient Recruiting1 open role
  2. Sparrow Clinton Hospital1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • West Michigan Works! Service Center - Ionia Service Center

    Ionia · Comprehensive

    Mon - Fri 8-5

Cities in Ionia County

Other Michigan counties

All of Michigan

Laid off or looking for work in Ionia 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 Michigan’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.