Scioto County, OH jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Scioto County’s unemployment rate is 4.7%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 29 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Scioto County economy

4.7%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.6% the month before
28,767
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
73,118
people in Scioto County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$49,571
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where Scioto County ranks

Where Scioto County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#23Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Midwest−0.9 points · of 100
#23Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Great Lakes−0.9 points · of 100

Scioto 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 5.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 3.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.7%, down 0.9 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,126 jobs)

Learn and get funded in Scioto 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.

Scioto County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Scioto 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 Scioto 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.

Holder Construction12 open roles
Vertiv Holdings3 open roles
Cincinnati2 open roles
Resource Erectors2 open roles
Bart & Associates1 open role
LHH1 open role
LifePoint Health1 open role
Performance Food Group1 open role
Ruekert & Mielke1 open role
SB Energy1 open role

Colleges in Scioto County

Colleges in Scioto County
College	City	Type	Students
Shawnee State University	Portsmouth	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Development Area 1 Adams, Brown, Pike, & Scioto Counties
Adams, Brown, Pike, Scioto

OhioMeansJobs Scioto County
Portsmouth · Comprehensive · 740-354-7545
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm

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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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