Lake County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meLake County economy
4.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
243,748
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
498,990
people in Lake County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$68,985
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Lake 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 3.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.7%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,387 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+1,343 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−609 jobs), retail (−549 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Lake 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.
Lake County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Lake 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.
Employers hiring most in Lake 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.
- Daifuku Co., Ltd./ADR6 open roles
- The Methodist Hospitals5 open roles
- Amazon3 open roles
- Centier Bank3 open roles
- GPAC2 open roles
- Tradebe2 open roles
- Alliance Group Technologies1 open role
- Atkore1 open role
- B.E. Smith1 open role
- Big Shoulders Fund1 open role
Colleges in Lake County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue University Northwest | Hammond | Public 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
| Indiana University-Northwest | Gary | Public 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Calumet College of Saint Joseph | Whiting | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lake 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
WorkOne Gary
Gary · Affiliate · 219-981-1520
Monday - Friday 8:00am-4:30pm
WorkOne Hammond
Hammond · Affiliate · 219-933-8332
Monday -Friday.: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Cities in Lake County
Other Indiana counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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