Orange County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Orange County’s unemployment rate is 3.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 46 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Orange County economy

  • 3.5%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.5% the month before

  • 9,629

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 19,746

    people in Orange County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $64,758

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 29%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Orange 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 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 0.1% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.5%, unchanged from a year ago

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Orange County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Orange 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 Orange 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.

  1. Carvana15 open roles
  2. West Pharmaceutical Services10 open roles
  3. Amazon3 open roles
  4. Labcorp Holdings3 open roles
  5. Midwest Mole2 open roles
  6. Vituity2 open roles
  7. Walmart2 open roles
  8. Astemo1 open role
  9. Avery Dennison1 open role
  10. Fragile1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • WorkOne Paoli

    Paoli · Affiliate · 812-723-2359

    Monday-Friday 8-4:30 pm

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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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