Clay 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	7,363	7,538	8,018	8,172	7,742	379	5.15%
Total Private Employment	6,190	6,386	6,867	6,955	6,549	359	5.80%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	28	34	29	36	39	11	39.29%
Mining	D	D	D	D	D	-21	-95.45%
Construction	234	250	271	270	297	63	26.92%
Manufacturing	2,667	2,826	3,122	3,179	2,760	93	3.49%
Wholesale Trade	96	91	77	78	101	5	5.21%
Retail Trade	948	923	901	865	850	-98	-10.34%
Transport. and Warehousing	193	214	199	210	181	-12	-6.22%
Utilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A
Information	50	49	61	52	38	-12	-24.00%
Finance and Insurance	131	127	132	125	124	-7	-5.34%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	25	31	35	38	43	18	72.00%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	71	72	75	75	82	11	15.49%
Mgmt. of Companies	D	D	D	D	D	3	50.00%
Admin. and Waste Services	125	116	144	136	154	29	23.20%
Educational Services	D	D	D	D	D	9	112.50%
Health Care and Social Assistance	700	671	750	786	816	116	16.57%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	41	33	35	34	33	-8	-19.51%
Accommodation and Food Service	602	611	710	743	666	64	10.63%
Other Services	243	276	290	301	339	96	39.51%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	1,173	1,152	1,151	1,217	1,193	20	1.71%

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	498	515	518	528	532	34	6.83%
Total Private Establishments	452	471	484	495	500	48	10.62%
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunt	12	12	12	13	14	2	16.67%
Mining	D	D	D	D	D	1	100.00%
Construction	52	54	57	59	62	10	19.23%
Manufacturing	31	32	33	33	30	-1	-3.23%
Wholesale Trade	15	19	19	19	22	7	46.67%
Retail Trade	79	78	74	72	70	-9	-11.39%
Transport. and Warehousing	30	32	35	37	37	7	23.33%
Utilities	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A
Information	7	7	8	8	7	0	0.00%
Finance and Insurance	27	28	29	29	29	2	7.41%
Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	11	12	13	15	15	4	36.36%
Professional and Tech. Servs.	27	29	30	32	35	8	29.63%
Mgmt. of Companies	D	D	D	D	D	0	0.00%
Admin. and Waste Services	24	24	25	26	27	3	12.50%
Educational Services	D	D	D	D	D	1	33.33%
Health Care and Social Assistance	39	41	44	44	46	7	17.95%
Arts, Entertain., and Recreation	6	5	5	5	5	-1	-16.67%
Accommodation and Food Service	47	49	54	55	52	5	10.64%
Other Services	41	43	42	44	43	2	4.88%
Federal, State, & Local Govt.	46	44	35	33	32	-14	-30.43%

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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