Porter County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Porter County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 40 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Porter County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
89,874
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
174,150
people in Porter County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$85,828
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Porter County ranks

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

November 2026

#23Fastest-growing job markets in the Great Lakes+4.6% · of 100

Porter 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 4.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 1.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+963 jobs), professional & technical (+918 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Porter 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.

Porter County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Porter 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 Porter 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.

Valparaiso University7 open roles
Pkaza6 open roles
E Tech Group4 open roles
Brookdale Senior Living3 open roles
Community Health Systems3 open roles
Meijer2 open roles
Resource Environmental Solutions ("RES")2 open roles
Aetion1 open role
Aldi US1 open role
Applied Industrial Technologies1 open role

Colleges in Porter County

Colleges in Porter County
College	City	Type	Students
Valparaiso University	Valparaiso	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Porter 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 Portage
Portage · Affiliate · 219-762-6592
Monday-Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm

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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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