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Pike County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pike County’s unemployment rate is 4.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 44 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Pike County economy

  • 4.6%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    6.4% the month before

  • 11,449

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 27,080

    people in Pike County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $49,552

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pike County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Pike 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 Pike 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. Centrus Energy22 open roles
  2. SB Energy6 open roles
  3. SunEnergy13 open roles
  4. Cherry Bekaert2 open roles
  5. Fluor2 open roles
  6. Leidos2 open roles
  7. Akima Infrastructure Protection1 open role
  8. Akima Systems Engineering1 open role
  9. Community Action Committee of Pike County1 open role
  10. Insight Global1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • OhioMeansJobs - Pike County

    Piketon · Comprehensive

    8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or by arrangements Mon-Fri

Cities in Pike County

Other Ohio counties

All of Ohio

Laid off or looking for work in Pike County?

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See your options after a layoff

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.