Spencer 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
	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Employment	6,649	6,766	7,053	6,991	6,875	226	3.40%
Total Private Employment	5,672	5,789	6,062	5,970	5,850	178	3.14%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	143	144	141	138	141	-2	-1.40%
Mining	0	D	D	D	30	30	N/A
Construction	484	498	495	449	434	-50	-10.33%
Manufacturing	1,216	1,269	1,298	1,267	1,211	-5	-0.41%
Wholesale Trade	318	324	326	328	318	0	0.00%
Retail Trade	435	464	498	468	489	54	12.41%
Transport. and Warehousing	275	301	314	280	251	-24	-8.73%
Utilities	D	D	D	D	D	-35	-15.77%
Information	78	80	85	72	70	-8	-10.26%
Finance and Insurance	153	146	135	135	139	-14	-9.15%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	23	22	23	26	25	2	8.70%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	126	114	105	101	97	-29	-23.02%
Mgmt. of Companies	D	31	D	D	D	13	100.00%
Admin. and Waste Services	192	188	191	183	173	-19	-9.90%
Educational Services	D	D	D	D	D	21	8.97%
Health Care and Social Assistance	396	392	410	428	425	29	7.32%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	D	D	D	D	D	153	20.08%
Accommodation and Food Service	346	357	369	395	389	43	12.43%
Other Services	257	275	292	281	274	17	6.61%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	977	978	991	1,021	1,024	47	4.81%

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 6/16/26.

Establishments by Sector
	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	5 Year Change	5 Year % Change
Total Establishments	479	496	495	501	498	19	3.97%
Total Private Establishments	427	442	447	453	450	23	5.39%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	26	27	28	30	28	2	7.69%
Mining	0	D	D	D	3	3	N/A
Construction	54	59	59	56	57	3	5.56%
Manufacturing	25	24	22	23	22	-3	-12.00%
Wholesale Trade	27	27	28	33	34	7	25.93%
Retail Trade	56	56	60	60	60	4	7.14%
Transport. and Warehousing	27	32	32	29	25	-2	-7.41%
Utilities	D	D	D	D	D	1	12.50%
Information	6	6	7	7	7	1	16.67%
Finance and Insurance	31	31	30	32	31	0	0.00%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	9	9	10	13	12	3	33.33%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	30	32	31	32	29	-1	-3.33%
Mgmt. of Companies	D	3	D	D	D	1	100.00%
Admin. and Waste Services	20	21	20	18	19	-1	-5.00%
Educational Services	D	D	D	D	D	-3	-60.00%
Health Care and Social Assistance	32	32	33	35	39	7	21.88%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Accommodation and Food Service	33	33	33	34	34	1	3.03%
Other Services	31	33	32	31	33	2	6.45%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	53	54	48	48	48	-5	-9.43%

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 June 2026.

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