Mercer County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Mercer County’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 123 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Independent page. Not from or affiliated with the State of Ohio.

Looking for work in Ohio? See where you stand.

Not sure you match what employers here are hiring for? Get a free read on your fit, the jobs open near you and a plan for the weeks ahead.

Show me jobs near me

Mercer County economy

2.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.1% the month before
22,178
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
42,438
people in Mercer County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$78,036
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Mercer 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 2.3% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 0.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 2.6%, down 0.5 points from a year ago

Learn and get funded in Mercer County

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Mercer County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Mercer 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 Mercer 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.

Oclc20 open roles
Quantum Health7 open roles
Univar Solutions7 open roles
Owens Corning6 open roles
Catalyst Acoustics Group4 open roles
Creative Financial Staffing4 open roles
Amazon3 open roles
Carl Zeiss X-ray Microscopy2 open roles
DGL Consulting Engineers2 open roles
Human Capital Ventures2 open roles

Colleges in Mercer County

Colleges in Mercer County
College	City	Type	Students
Wright State University-Lake Campus	Celina	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Mercer 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 Mercer County
Celina · Comprehensive · 419-586-6409
M - TH 8:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Friday by appointment

Cities in Mercer County

Other Ohio counties

All of Ohio

Laid off or looking for work in Mercer County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

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.

Applying and hearing nothing back?

Find out where you stand: your odds, the jobs that fit you and a plan for the week ahead. Free. No résumé needed.

Already a member? Log in

Get my Market Reality Assessment

Job seekers in Mercer County looking to you for help, or openings you cannot fill?

Leave your work email. We'll send how organizations use NextChapter to reach job seekers in Mercer County.

See how organizations use it