Columbus, IN jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Columbus

• HR Technology & Analytics Analyst -1 Year ContractElwood Staffing
• Audit ManagerBlue
• Senior Audit Associate / Manager – Agribusiness & CooperativesBlue
• Director Payment IntegritySIHO Insurance Services
• Director of TME PartnershipsPark Avenue Group
• Property Manager (The Cole)Buckingham Senior Living Community
• Quality EngineerPacer Group
• Mechanical Design EngineerPentangle Tech Services | P5 Group
• Mechanical Design EngineerLER TechForce
• Quality EngineerPyramid Consulting

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Employers hiring most in Columbus

1. Cummins10 open roles
2. Blue2 open roles
3. Cintas2 open roles
4. Elwood Staffing2 open roles
5. Angott Search Group1 open role
6. Buckingham Senior Living Community1 open role
7. Centra1 open role
8. Elwood Staffing Services1 open role
9. Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers1 open role
10. Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana1 open role

Columbus layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 150

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

All layoff notices in the state

Bartholomew County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs down 1.3% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 4.3% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−496 jobs), admin & staffing (−366 jobs)

Local job-market news

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Learn and get funded in Columbus

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in Indiana? How to file for unemployment in Indiana (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

• Southeast Indiana Workforce Development Board

  Bartholomew, Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland

• WorkOne - Columbus

  Columbus · Comprehensive · 812-376-3351

  Monday-Tuesday,-Wednesday and Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm; Thursday 10:00am - 4:30pm

Bartholomew County economy

• 3.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.4% the month before

• 39,488

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 82,881

  people in Bartholomew County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $80,365

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 43%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS