Alton, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Business and Education ReporterThe Statesman Group
- Account ExecutiveThe Statesman Group
- Account ExecutiveHearst
- DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WORKState of Illinois
- MEDICAL DIRECTORState of Illinois
- Regional Sales Engineer - Bearings Solutions (Field)Dover
- Enterprise Account Executive-MidwestVertex
- Enterprise Account ExecutiveKotis Design
- Enterprise Account Executive, Auth0Okta
- Senior Territory Manager, Independent Agency Channel - Kansas City MO TerritoryBranch Financial Services
Employers hiring most in Alton
- State of Illinois2 open roles
- The Statesman Group2 open roles
- Ulta Beauty2 open roles
- Automation Anywhere1 open role
- Branch Financial Services1 open role
- BridgeBio1 open role
- Centerstone1 open role
- Dover1 open role
- Genworth1 open role
- Hearst1 open role
Alton layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
253
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton Steel, Inc. | Alton | 253 | Closure | State record |
Madison County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 5.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,713 jobs), construction (+937 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,319 jobs)
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Madison County economy
3.4%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.1% the month before
132,941
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
264,631
people in Madison County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$74,800
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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