Scioto County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Scioto County’s unemployment rate is 5.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 42 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Scioto County economy

5.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
6.4% the month before
28,759
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
73,118
people in Scioto County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$49,571
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Scioto County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Scioto 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 Scioto 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.

Holder Construction13 open roles
Hubert Company2 open roles
Resource Erectors2 open roles
Smithfield Foods2 open roles
Strata-G2 open roles
Vertiv Holdings2 open roles
Addiction and Mental Health Services1 open role
Alten Technology USA1 open role
ALTEN Technology USA1 open role
American Equipment Company1 open role

Colleges in Scioto County

Colleges in Scioto County
College	City	Type	Students
Shawnee State University	Portsmouth	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Development Area 1 Adams, Brown, Pike, & Scioto Counties
Adams, Brown, Pike, Scioto

OhioMeansJobs Scioto County
Portsmouth · Comprehensive · 740-354-7545
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

Cities in Scioto County

Franklin Furnace18 jobs
Harrison9 jobs
Portsmouth9 jobs
Madison6 jobs

Other Ohio counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Scioto 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.