Kokomo, IN jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Kokomo

• Interim Associate Chief Medical OfficerConfidential
• Purchasing Managersoulbrain MI
• Associate Chief Medical OfficerAscension Calumet Hospital
• Manager, Elec Sys & Utility Ops - KEPDTE Energy
• Utility Plant Manager 2DTE Energy
• Market Account ExecutiveCumulus Media
• Korean Speaking Procurement ManagerEchoLink
• Process EngineerStarPlus Energy
• Facilities & Construction Project Engineer - Lab UpgradesAcro
• Quality EngineerStellantis

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Employers hiring most in Kokomo

1. DTE Energy2 open roles
2. Stellantis2 open roles
3. Accenture Infrastructure & Capital Projects1 open role
4. Acro1 open role
5. Ascension Calumet Hospital1 open role
6. Atlantic MEDsearch1 open role
7. Confidential1 open role
8. Cumulus Media1 open role
9. Developmental Services1 open role
10. EchoLink1 open role

Kokomo layoffs

No layoff notices naming Kokomo in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Colleges in Kokomo

Howard 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 up 0.7% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 0.4% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.6%, down 1.1 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+579 jobs), construction (+482 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−504 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Kokomo. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Borden Dairy to close Lafayette plant after 60 years, eliminating 149 jobsThe Advocate · Nov 10, 2026
• Steel deliveries to cause periodic closures near Lafayette BridgeWNEM on MSN · Oct 12, 2026
• ZF Is Ending 120 Years of Steering Production in Lafayette. The Engineers Get to Stick Around.theautowire.com on MSN · Oct 9, 2026
• For some Starbucks employees, a closure in Lafayette shines light on importance of being unionizedColorado Hometown Weekly on MSN · Oct 2, 2026
• Automotive technology company to close Lafayette plant, cut 133 jobsInside INdiana Business · Oct 1, 2026

Learn and get funded in Kokomo

• 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.
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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

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

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• Tecumseh Area Partnership, Inc. d/b/a Region 4 Workforce Board

  Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Miami, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Warren, White

• WorkOne - Kokomo

  Kokomo · Comprehensive · 765-450-3019

  M -F 8:00a to 4:30p

• WorkOne Kokomo West Central Indiana

  Kokomo · Affiliate · 765-450-3025

  Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm

Howard County economy

• 4.6%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  5.7% the month before

• 35,435

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 83,610

  people in Howard County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $62,496

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 30%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS