Fairfield County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Fairfield County economy
3.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.0% the month before
83,933
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
161,289
people in Fairfield County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$87,069
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Fairfield County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Fairfield County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Fairfield 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.
- Bechtel Energy4 open roles
- Alleguard2 open roles
- Bechtel2 open roles
- Bechtel Plant Machinery2 open roles
- Google2 open roles
- Bechtel1 open role
- Bechtel Global1 open role
- Cintas1 open role
- Cirba Solutions1 open role
- Claypool Electric1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Fairfield County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Fairfield County Economic & Workforce Development/WIOA Area 20, Pickaway, Ross, Fairfield, Hocking and Vinton Counties
Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross, Vinton
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Cities in Fairfield County
- Lancaster12 jobs
- Millersport9 jobs
Other Ohio counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.