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Forest, OH jobs, layoffs and employers

5 open professional jobs in Forest. Forest is in Hardin County.

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Employers hiring most in Forest

  1. Vought5 open roles

Forest layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Forest in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Workforce development and job centers

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

Hardin County economy

  • 3.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.0% the month before

  • 13,340

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 30,527

    people in Hardin County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $58,001

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 31%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: WARN notices from Ohio’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.