Vigo County, IN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Vigo County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 22 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Vigo County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.7% the month before
50,172
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
106,201
people in Vigo County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$52,525
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Vigo 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 0.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.9%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,315 jobs), hotels & food (+305 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−455 jobs), retail (−363 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

Hiring event connects Thyssenkrupp employees with 30 local employersYahoo · Oct 23, 2026
Hiring event held for thyssenkrupp employees ahead of closureMyWabashValley.com on MSN · Oct 23, 2026
Downtown Terre Haute sandwich shop closing locationsWTHI News10 · Oct 9, 2026
Golden Corral Closures Draw Attention, but No New Indiana Shutdowns Confirmedhoosierenquirer · Oct 3, 2026

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Vigo County layoffs

1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
207
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

Layoff notices filed in Vigo County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Jun 30, 2026	Thyssenkrupp Presta North AmericaTakes effect Mar 31, 2027	Terre Haute	207	—	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Vigo 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.

Air National Guard Units2 open roles
RP Lumber2 open roles
Vituity2 open roles
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System1 open role
Charter Communications1 open role
Culver's1 open role
DSG Global1 open role
Entek1 open role
Express Employment Professionals Defunct1 open role
Gentiva1 open role

Colleges in Vigo County

Colleges in Vigo County
College	City	Type	Students
Indiana State University	Terre Haute	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Terre Haute	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College	Saint Mary of the Woods	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Western Indiana Workforce Development Board
Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo

WorkOne - Terrre Haute
Terre Haute · Comprehensive · 812-234-6602
Monday-Thursday 8:00am-4:30pm; Friday 10:00am-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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