Jobs in the Fort Wayne, IN area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Fort Wayne, IN metro area has 177 open job postings from 52 employers in our data. 4.7% list a pay range, the median posted pay is – a year, 1.1% are remote and 37.9% have been open 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)
177open postings from 52 employers
4.7%list a pay range
–median posted pay
1.1%remote
3.3%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$47,500official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
14.7%entry-level 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).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Fort Wayne, IN
116
41
n/a
–
Columbia City, IN
26
6
n/a
–
New Haven, IN
20
4
n/a
–
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
44 federal job announcements open to the public list Fort Wayne, IN, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $105,500. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (17), Veterans Health Administration (9), Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys and the Office of the U.S. Attorneys (5), Air National Guard Units (3), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (2). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
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)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
