Notre Dame, IN jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Finance and Operations Manager, AIM for ScaleLimited Term | University of Notre Dame
- Grant AccountantCreative Financial Staffing
- Associate General Counsel Research & Intellectual PropertyUniversity of Notre Dame
- Senior HR Manager, Culture & Engagement (Sports & Venues)Compass Group
- Center for STEM Education Director Senior ProfessorUniversity of Notre Dame
- Prospect Research AnalystSaint Mary's College
- Director for Student EmpowermentSaint Mary's College
- Hall DirectorSaint Mary's College
- Regional Development Director -RemoteSaint Mary's College
- Director Advancement OperationsSaint Mary's College
Employers hiring most in Notre Dame
- Saint Mary's College12 open roles
- University of Notre Dame3 open roles
- Compass Group1 open role
- Creative Financial Staffing1 open role
- Limited Term | University of Notre Dame1 open role
Largest employers headquartered in Notre Dame
- University of Notre Dame5,001–20,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Notre Dame layoffs
No layoff notices naming Notre Dame 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.
Colleges in Notre Dame
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Notre Dame | Private non-profit 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
| Saint Mary's College | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Holy Cross College | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
St. Joseph 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 3.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.0%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,494 jobs), construction (+977 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: management of companies (−930 jobs), retail (−633 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Notre Dame. Each link goes to the publisher.
- This downtown South Bend street is expected to be closed for nearly a monthWNDU on MSN · Oct 9, 2026
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in Indiana? How to file for unemployment in Indiana (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Northern Indiana Workforce Development Board (NIWB), Inc
Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, St. Joseph
St. Joseph County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
130,967
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
272,574
people in St. Joseph County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,885
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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