Jay County, IN

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Industry employment is tabulated as jobs by place-of-work. Keep in mind that people may hold multiple jobs and that each job is counted by its industry.

Average Employment by Sector
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Employment	6,431	6,666	6,899	6,963	7,025	594	9.24%
Total Private Employment	5,604	5,855	6,086	6,140	6,163	559	9.98%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	285	330	422	424	463	178	62.46%
Mining	D	D	D	D	D	21	N/A
Construction	187	192	250	306	279	92	49.20%
Manufacturing	2,629	2,746	2,825	2,769	2,680	51	1.94%
Wholesale Trade	225	220	210	222	216	-9	-4.00%
Retail Trade	583	611	618	642	664	81	13.89%
Transport. and Warehousing	77	120	137	158	181	104	135.06%
Utilities	58	45	48	55	51	-7	-12.07%
Information	46	35	30	33	32	-14	-30.43%
Finance and Insurance	139	137	136	136	140	1	0.72%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	39	36	35	23	18	-21	-53.85%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	84	84	89	96	102	18	21.43%
Mgmt. of Companies	41	D	D	D	D	-10	-24.39%
Admin. and Waste Services	96	99	106	140	137	41	42.71%
Educational Services	20	19	D	D	D	-13	-65.00%
Health Care and Social Assistance	565	589	580	541	601	36	6.37%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	11	12	22	15	18	7	63.64%
Accommodation and Food Service	374	403	395	395	393	19	5.08%
Other Services	131	129	123	128	129	-2	-1.53%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	827	811	813	823	863	36	4.35%

Note: D = non-discloseable in compliance with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and/or State of Indiana confidentiality guidelines. Source: Indiana Department of Workforce Development, as of 5/6/25.

Establishments by Sector
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Establishments	412	414	424	424	427	15	3.64%
Total Private Establishments	378	380	389	397	400	22	5.82%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	23	28	31	34	38	15	65.22%
Mining	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Construction	38	39	41	42	40	2	5.26%
Manufacturing	35	35	37	33	31	-4	-11.43%
Wholesale Trade	23	21	18	17	16	-7	-30.43%
Retail Trade	57	57	58	61	61	4	7.02%
Transport. and Warehousing	12	14	15	18	20	8	66.67%
Utilities	4	4	4	4	4	0	0.00%
Information	6	5	5	4	3	-3	-50.00%
Finance and Insurance	29	29	28	26	25	-4	-13.79%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	15	13	14	14	12	-3	-20.00%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	17	16	17	23	25	8	47.06%
Mgmt. of Companies	3	D	D	D	D	-1	-33.33%
Admin. and Waste Services	13	16	17	16	17	4	30.77%
Educational Services	3	3	D	D	D	-1	-33.33%
Health Care and Social Assistance	24	25	27	30	33	9	37.50%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	4	5	7	6	6	2	50.00%
Accommodation and Food Service	31	31	30	28	29	-2	-6.45%
Other Services	40	37	36	37	39	-1	-2.50%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	34	33	35	27	27	-7	-20.59%

Note: �Total employment represents the sum of total private sector and total government sector employment. �State and local government schools and hospitals are included in the government total. �Sectors may not sum to the total (or agree with BLS published total employment) due to suppression issues. �D = non-discloseable in compliance with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and/or State of Indiana confidentiality guidelines. �Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics & Indiana Department of Workforce Development, as of May 2025.

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