Meigs County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Meigs County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 30 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Meigs County economy

4.5%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.6% the month before
8,269
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
22,072
people in Meigs County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$46,701
median household income
Source: Census ACS
27%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Meigs 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 0.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.5%, down 1.1 points from a year ago

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Meigs County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Meigs 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 Meigs 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.

Hikma4 open roles
Amazon3 open roles
ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages1 open role
Actalent1 open role
Artech1 open role
Berkshire Grey1 open role
Champion Windows & Home Exteriors1 open role
Cook & Boardman1 open role
Flow Control Group1 open role
Giant Eagle1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Meigs 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 14 Workforce Development Board
Athens, Meigs, Perry

Meigs OhioMeansJobs Center
Middleport · Affiliate
Monday - Friday, 800am-400pm

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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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