Jobs in Fort Wayne, IN: pay, hiring and remote work
In Fort Wayne, 6.5% of the 116 job postings we track list a pay range, and the median posted pay is – a year. 1.7% are remote, 14.7% are entry level, and 44.8% have been open for more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
4.7% of open job postings list a pay range, 97th of 99 metro areas.
Housing costs run 28% below the US average here (BEA regional price parities).
37.9% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 30 days), 13th highest of 99 metro areas.
1.1% of postings are remote, 83rd highest of 99 metro areas.
The unemployment rate is 3.3%, 0.8 points below the median of the metro areas in this report.
Fort Wayne compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
116open postings from 41 employers
6.5%list a pay range (#71 of 71 published cities)
–median posted pay, from 7 postings with pay
1.7%remote, 0% hybrid
48 daysmedian time a posting has been open; 44.8% over 60 days
$47,500official median wage for all jobs in the metro area (BLS)
14.7%entry-level postings
IN has no statewide law requiring a pay range in job postings.
The metro area's unemployment rate was 3.3% in 2026-08 (3.6% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Indiana, employers had 123,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 3.7% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 9.5% above its February 2020 level and 2.4% higher than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Real Estate & Construction
29
Healthcare & Life Sciences
16
Manufacturing & Industrial
16
Employers with the most openings
Holderconstruction: 15 postings
Careers Omnisource: 14 postings
Multimatic: 12 postings
Boxlunch: 7 postings
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.: 6 postings
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Fort Wayne, IN area run 7% below the national average, and housing runs 28% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $47,500, which is worth $51,500 in average-US dollars.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
Postings that list several cities count in each one. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in Fort Wayne. Methodology · All cities (CSV)
