Montgomery County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Montgomery County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. Employers filed 3 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 587 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Montgomery County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.9% the month before
255,323
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
535,528
people in Montgomery County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,403
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Montgomery County layoffs

3
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
422
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
3
employers

WARN notices filed in Montgomery County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Sep 24, 2026	Ardor Delivery ServicesTakes effect Nov 26, 2026	Montgomery County	179	Closure	State record
Jun 16, 2026	UPDATE Senior Resource ConnectionTakes effect Jun 30, 2026	Montgomery County	190	Closure	State record
Mar 25, 2026	Technicote Inc dba BeontagTakes effect May 24, 2026	Montgomery County	53	Layoff	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Montgomery 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.

University of Dayton36 open roles
Premier Health21 open roles
Creative Financial Staffing20 open roles
Kettering Health19 open roles
Odyssey Systems Consulting18 open roles
Riverside Research12 open roles
AxoGen8 open roles
DCS7 open roles
ADF Engineering6 open roles
Veterans Health Administration6 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Montgomery County

LexisNexis5,001–20,000 employees
Dayton Children's Hospital1,001–5,000 employees
University of Dayton1,001–5,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Montgomery County

Colleges in Montgomery County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Dayton	Dayton	Private nonprofit 4-year	10,000–19,999
Kettering College	Kettering	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
United Theological Seminary	Dayton	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Greater Ohio Workforce Board, Inc.
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Cities in Montgomery County

Dayton459 jobs
Miamisburg43 jobs
Vandalia25 jobs
Moraine22 jobs
Kettering17 jobs
Huber Heights11 jobs
Centerville6 jobs
Trotwood3 jobs

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.