Peru, IN jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near mePeru layoffs
No layoff notices naming Peru 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.
Miami 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 7.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 4.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.7%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Peru. Each link goes to the publisher.
- 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 Peru
- 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 Peru. 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).
- Tecumseh Area Partnership, Inc. d/b/a Region 4 Workforce Board
Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Miami, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Warren, White
WorkOne Peru Express
Peru · Affiliate · 765-472-3562
Thursday 8:00am to 4:30pm
Miami County economy
3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
16,077
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
35,772
people in Miami County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,130
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Indiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Indiana unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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