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Putnam County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Putnam County’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Putnam County economy

  • 2.6%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.2% the month before

  • 18,309

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 34,352

    people in Putnam County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $82,785

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 41%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Putnam 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 2.0% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 0.0% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 2.6%, down 0.6 points from a year ago

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Putnam County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Putnam 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 Putnam 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.

  1. Silgan1 open role
  2. Staff Management SMX1 open role
  3. Talent Wave Associates1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Greater Ohio Workforce Board, Inc.

    Allen, Ashland, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Coshocton, Darke, Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Fulton, Gallia, Greene, Guernsey, Hancock, Henry, Highland, Holmes, Huron, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence, Licking, Logan, Madison, Marion, Miami, Montgomery, Morrow, Muskingum, Ottawa, Paulding, Preble, Putnam, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, Union, Wayne, Williams, Wood, Wyandot

  • Ohio Means Jobs - Putnam County

    Ottawa · Affiliate · 567-376-3777

    7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. M-Th 8:00 a. m. to 12:00 pm F

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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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