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Ashland County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Ashland County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 17 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Ashland County economy

  • 3.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.1% the month before

  • 24,959

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 52,296

    people in Ashland County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $64,991

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 30%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Ashland County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Ashland 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 Ashland 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. Charles River Laboratories5 open roles
  2. Koninklijke Philips4 open roles
  3. Charles River1 open role
  4. Creative Financial Staffing1 open role
  5. Insight Global1 open role
  6. JLL1 open role
  7. PENTAIR1 open role
  8. State of Ohio1 open role

Colleges in Ashland County

Colleges in Ashland County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Ashland UniversityAshlandPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Greater Ohio Workforce Board, Inc.

    Allen, Ashland, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Coshocton, Darke, Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Fulton, Gallia, Greene, Guernsey, Hancock, Henry, Highland, Holmes, Huron, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Licking, Logan, Madison, Marion, Miami, Montgomery, Morrow, Muskingum, Ottawa, Paulding, Preble, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, Union, Wayne, Williams, Wood, Wyandot

  • OhioMeansJobs Ashland County

    Ashland · Affiliate · 419-282-5000

    8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday.

Cities in Ashland County

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Ohio’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.