Valparaiso, IN jobs, layoffs and employers

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- Account Manager - SMB Business SalesVerizon
- Lead Health Information SpecialistAetion
- Memory Care Program AssistantBrookdale Senior Living
- Executive DirectorBrookdale Senior Living
- Memory Care Program CoordinatorBrookdale Senior Living
- Network Director, MarketingCommunity Health Systems
- Director of Surgical Services - Competitive Sign-On Bonus and Relocation Reimbursement Offered for Qualified CandidatesCommunity Health Systems
- Hospital Market Director of HRCommunity Health Systems
- District Manager - Northern / Eastern Indiana & ChicagolandAldi US
- Territory ManagerPatterson Companies
Employers hiring most in Valparaiso
- Valparaiso University7 open roles
- Brookdale Senior Living3 open roles
- Community Health Systems3 open roles
- Aetion1 open role
- Aldi US1 open role
- Compass One Healthcare1 open role
- Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana1 open role
- Park Avenue Group1 open role
- Patterson Companies1 open role
- Urschel Labratories1 open role
Valparaiso layoffs
No layoff notices naming Valparaiso 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 Valparaiso
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Valparaiso University | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Porter 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 4.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+963 jobs), professional & technical (+918 jobs)
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- Northwest Indiana Workforce Board
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Porter County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
89,874
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
174,150
people in Porter County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$85,828
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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