Jasper County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Jasper County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 11 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Jasper County economy

3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
17,064
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
33,198
people in Jasper County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$79,634
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Jasper County outlook: Cooling

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs down 1.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors losing the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (−366 jobs)

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Jasper County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Jasper 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.

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Employers hiring most in Jasper 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.

Zachry8 open roles
Conagra Brands1 open role
Emcor1 open role
Jasper County REMC1 open role
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Jasper 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).

Northwest Indiana Workforce Board
Jasper, La Porte, Lake, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Starke

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Monday-Thursday 8:00am-4:30pm , Closed for lunch 12:00pm-1:00pm

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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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