St. Joseph County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

St. Joseph County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 67 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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St. Joseph County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.9% the month before
130,967
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
272,574
people in St. Joseph County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,885
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

St. Joseph 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 3.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 0.1% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.0%, up 0.1 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,494 jobs), construction (+977 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: management of companies (−930 jobs), retail (−633 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in St. Joseph County. Each link goes to the publisher.

This downtown South Bend street is expected to be closed for nearly a monthWNDU on MSN · Oct 9, 2026

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St. Joseph County layoffs

1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
130
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

Layoff notices filed in St. Joseph County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Jul 21, 2026	Owens CorningTakes effect Sep 19, 2026	Walkerton	130	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in St. Joseph 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.

Amazon15 open roles
Saint Mary's College12 open roles
Barnes & Thornburg3 open roles
Creative Financial Staffing3 open roles
Sinclair3 open roles
University of Notre Dame3 open roles
Lippert (LCI Industries)2 open roles
SCA Health2 open roles
Siemens Healthineers2 open roles
Beacon Health System1 open role

Largest employers headquartered in St. Joseph County

University of Notre Dame5,001–20,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in St. Joseph County

Colleges in St. Joseph County
College	City	Type	Students
University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Private non-profit 4-year	10,000–19,999
Bethel University	Mishawaka	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Indiana University-South Bend	South Bend	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999
Saint Mary's College	Notre Dame	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Holy Cross College	Notre Dame	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving St. Joseph 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).

Northern Indiana Workforce Development Board (NIWB), Inc
Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, St. Joseph

WorkOne Center South Bend
South Bend · Comprehensive · 574-237-9675
Monday - Thursday 8:00am - 4:30pm Fridays 10:30am-4:30pm

Cities in St. Joseph 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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