Shelby County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Shelby County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 10 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Shelby County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.3% the month before
23,612
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
45,104
people in Shelby County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$71,301
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Shelby 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 8.7% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 1.8% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.4%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+383 jobs), transportation & warehousing (+351 jobs)

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Shelby County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Shelby 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 Shelby 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.

Bunge Global3 open roles
Army National Guard Units1 open role
Caesars Entertainment1 open role
O'Reilly Auto Parts1 open role
Strickland Brothers1 open role
Thunderbird1 open role
WM1 open role
Zane State College1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Region 5 Workforce Board, Inc.
Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Morgan, Shelby

Cities in Shelby County

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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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