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	6,963	-141	-1.98%
Total Private Employment	6,205	5,604	5,855	6,086	6,140	-65	-1.05%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	256	285	330	422	424	168	65.63%
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	136	-1	-0.73%
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-disclosable in compliance with the Bureau of Labor Statistics and/or State of Indiana confidentiality guidelines. Source: Indiana Department of Workforce Development, as of 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-disclosable 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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