Allen County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Allen County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 282 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Allen County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
205,594
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
388,791
people in Allen County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$68,839
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Allen County ranks

Where Allen County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#15Best county job markets for job seekers in the Great Lakes65 / 100 · of 52

Allen 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 2.3% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.4%, unchanged from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+3,411 jobs), construction (+1,267 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,647 jobs), finance & insurance (−787 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Allen County

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.

Allen County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Allen County 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Allen County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

BAE Systems36 open roles
L3HARRIS Technologies23 open roles
RTX23 open roles
Sweetwater17 open roles
Harris Health Strategic Fund14 open roles
Community Health Systems9 open roles
Holder Construction9 open roles
Emcor8 open roles
Amazon6 open roles
Steel Dynamics6 open roles

Colleges in Allen County

Colleges in Allen County
College	City	Type	Students
Purdue University Fort Wayne	Fort Wayne	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999
Indiana Institute of Technology	Fort Wayne	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies	Fort Wayne	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne	Fort Wayne	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Concordia Theological Seminary	Fort Wayne	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Allen County. 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).

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Indiana’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Indiana unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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