Wabash, IN jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Engineering ManagerWabash Castings
- Ops Manager HaulingRepublic Services
- EH&S ManagerTop Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)
Employers hiring most in Wabash
- Republic Services1 open role
- Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)1 open role
- Wabash Castings1 open role
Wabash layoffs
No layoff notices naming Wabash 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.
Tippecanoe 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 1.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.2% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.5%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+623 jobs), wholesale (+593 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,411 jobs)
Local job-market news
Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Wabash. 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 Wabash
- 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 Wabash. 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
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Tippecanoe County economy
3.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
101,622
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
187,399
people in Tippecanoe County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$58,622
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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