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
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Employment	7,104	6,431	6,666	6,899	6,962	-142	-2.00%
Total Private Employment	6,205	5,604	5,855	6,086	6,139	-66	-1.06%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	256	285	330	422	423	167	65.23%
Mining	D	D	D	D	D	20	N/A
Construction	222	187	192	250	306	84	37.84%
Manufacturing	2,891	2,629	2,746	2,825	2,769	-122	-4.22%
Wholesale Trade	227	225	220	210	222	-5	-2.20%
Retail Trade	584	583	611	618	642	58	9.93%
Transport. and Warehousing	75	77	120	137	158	83	110.67%
Utilities	37	58	45	48	55	18	48.65%
Information	59	46	35	30	33	-26	-44.07%
Finance and Insurance	137	139	137	136	135	-2	-1.46%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	42	39	36	35	23	-19	-45.24%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	93	84	84	89	96	3	3.23%
Mgmt. of Companies	55	41	D	D	D	-22	-40.00%
Admin. and Waste Services	102	96	99	106	140	38	37.25%
Educational Services	22	20	19	D	D	-15	-68.18%
Health Care and Social Assistance	816	565	589	580	541	-275	-33.70%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	19	11	12	22	15	-4	-21.05%
Accommodation and Food Service	420	374	403	395	395	-25	-5.95%
Other Services	131	131	129	123	128	-3	-2.29%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	899	827	811	813	823	-76	-8.45%

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 July 2024.

Establishments by Sector
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Establishments	410	412	414	424	424	14	3.41%
Total Private Establishments	375	378	380	389	397	22	5.87%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	22	23	28	31	34	12	54.55%
Mining	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Construction	39	38	39	41	42	3	7.69%
Manufacturing	37	35	35	37	33	-4	-10.81%
Wholesale Trade	22	23	21	18	17	-5	-22.73%
Retail Trade	56	57	57	58	61	5	8.93%
Transport. and Warehousing	13	12	14	15	18	5	38.46%
Utilities	4	4	4	4	4	0	0.00%
Information	6	6	5	5	4	-2	-33.33%
Finance and Insurance	28	29	29	28	26	-2	-7.14%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	17	15	13	14	14	-3	-17.65%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	20	17	16	17	23	3	15.00%
Mgmt. of Companies	3	3	D	D	D	-1	-33.33%
Admin. and Waste Services	12	13	16	17	16	4	33.33%
Educational Services	3	3	3	D	D	-1	-33.33%
Health Care and Social Assistance	21	24	25	27	30	9	42.86%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	4	4	5	7	6	2	50.00%
Accommodation and Food Service	30	31	31	30	28	-2	-6.67%
Other Services	37	40	37	36	37	0	0.00%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	35	34	33	35	27	-8	-22.86%

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 July 2024.

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