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Wayne County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wayne County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 46 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wayne County economy

  • 3.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.9% the month before

  • 55,889

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 116,618

    people in Wayne County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $71,769

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wayne County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wayne 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 Wayne 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. IDEX5 open roles
  2. Creative Financial Staffing4 open roles
  3. Alamo Group2 open roles
  4. Holtec International2 open roles
  5. AAM American Axle & Manufacturing1 open role
  6. Acturhire1 open role
  7. Alamo Industrial1 open role
  8. Axalta1 open role
  9. Bekaert1 open role
  10. GHA Technologies1 open role

Colleges in Wayne County

Colleges in Wayne County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
The College of WoosterWoosterPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Greater Ohio Workforce Board, Inc.

    Allen, Ashland, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Coshocton, Darke, Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Fulton, Gallia, Greene, Guernsey, Hancock, Henry, Highland, Holmes, Huron, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Licking, Logan, Madison, Marion, Miami, Montgomery, Morrow, Muskingum, Ottawa, Paulding, Preble, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, Union, Wayne, Williams, Wood, Wyandot

  • OhioMeansJobs Wayne County

    Wooster · Affiliate · 330-264-5060

    Mon. - Fri.: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Cities in Wayne County

Other Ohio counties

All of Ohio

Laid off or looking for work in Wayne County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

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.