Richland County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Richland County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 40 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Richland County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
51,669
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
125,138
people in Richland County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$57,649
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Richland 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 1.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 0.1% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.0%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,046 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−446 jobs), retail (−317 jobs)

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Richland County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Richland 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 Richland 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.

Dayton Freight Lines4 open roles
Air National Guard Units2 open roles
Creative Financial Staffing2 open roles
Discovery School, Mansfield Ohio2 open roles
State of Ohio2 open roles
Sutton Bank2 open roles
Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)2 open roles
Akron Children's - Physician Recruitment1 open role
Akron Childrens Hospital1 open role
Angels Care Health1 open role

Colleges in Richland County

Colleges in Richland County
College	City	Type	Students
Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus	Mansfield	Public 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Area 10 Workforce Development Board
Crawford, Richland

OhioMeansJobs Richland County
Mansfield · Comprehensive · 419-774-5300
Mon. - Fri. 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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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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