Monroe County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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3.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
72,239
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
139,822
people in Monroe County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,372
median household income
Source: Census ACS
49%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Where Monroe County ranks
Where Monroe County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
Monroe 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 0.5% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.7%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,801 jobs), construction (+396 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,768 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Monroe 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.
Monroe County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Monroe 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 Monroe 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.
- Hoosier Energy4 open roles
- Boys & Girls Clubs Of America3 open roles
- AllSearch Professional Staffing2 open roles
- Elevate Ventures2 open roles
- Indiana University2 open roles
- Buckingham Senior Living Community1 open role
- Centerstone1 open role
- Centerstone Of Indiana1 open role
- Cook Group1 open role
- Cook Medical1 open role
Colleges in Monroe County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana University-Bloomington | Bloomington | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Monroe 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).
- South Central Region 8 Workforce Board, Inc.
Brown, Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen
WorkOne - Bloomington
Bloomington · Comprehensive · 812-331-6000
Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm
Cities in Monroe County
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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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