Lawrence County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lawrence County’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 176 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lawrence County economy

4.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.2% the month before
23,815
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
57,385
people in Lawrence County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,842
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lawrence County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lawrence 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 Lawrence 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.

Cintas37 open roles
L3HARRIS Technologies25 open roles
Procter & Gamble15 open roles
AtriCure12 open roles
Vertiv Holdings8 open roles
Festo USA5 open roles
Anvl4 open roles
Elevance Health4 open roles
Benchmark Gensuite®3 open roles
Harris Health Strategic Fund3 open roles

Colleges in Lawrence County

Colleges in Lawrence County
College	City	Type	Students
Tri-State Bible College	South Point	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Greater Ohio Workforce Board, Inc.
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Cities in Lawrence County

Mason166 jobs
Ironton10 jobs
South Point

Other Ohio counties

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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.