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Defiance County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Defiance County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 84 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Defiance County economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 19,634

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 38,258

    people in Defiance County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $73,615

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 30%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Defiance County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Defiance 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 Defiance 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. Vertiv Holdings24 open roles
  2. Greif4 open roles
  3. Builders FirstSource2 open roles
  4. City Of Delaware2 open roles
  5. GPAC2 open roles
  6. Guardian Fall Protection2 open roles
  7. Morson2 open roles
  8. Ohio Wesleyan University2 open roles
  9. The Animal Health Organization (TAHO)2 open roles
  10. Wieland Rolled Products North America2 open roles

Colleges in Defiance County

Colleges in Defiance County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Defiance CollegeDefiancePrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Defiance 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 Defiance County

    Defiance · Affiliate · 419-784-3777

    Monday-Thursday 7:00am -4:30pm Friday: CLOSED

Cities in Defiance 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.