Auglaize County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Auglaize County’s unemployment rate is 2.8%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 18 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Auglaize County economy

2.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
23,729
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
46,209
people in Auglaize County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$76,454
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Auglaize 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 6.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 1.2% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 2.8%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: manufacturing (+938 jobs)

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Auglaize County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Auglaize 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 Auglaize 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.

Crown Equipment3 open roles
EngineersOfAI2 open roles
Rocky Brands2 open roles
Crown1 open role
Esv1 open role
Ferrellgas Finance1 open role
Grand Lake Health System1 open role
Minster Bank1 open role
P361 open role
Precision Strip1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Auglaize County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Ohio? How to file for unemployment in Ohio (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

OhioMeansJobs - Area 8 Workforce Development Board
Auglaize, Hardin, Mercer, Van Wert

OhioMeansJobs Auglaize County
Wapakoneta · Affiliate · 567-242-2750
M - F: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Ohio’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Ohio unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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