Aurora, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

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Show me jobs near meJobs in Aurora
- Marketing CoordinatorPower Systems Group
- Junior Accountant (Onsite)Signature Retail Services
- ACCOUNT MANAGERGEO Group
- Area ManagerGranite Construction
- Sales RepresentativeInternational Paper
- Senior AccountantThe LaSalle Network
- General ManagerBrainWorks
- Senior AccountantCreative Financial Staffing
- HR Generalist / Corporate RecruiterCreative Financial Staffing
- Corporate Counsel II - Labor & EmploymentAldi US
Employers hiring most in Aurora
- HelloFresh8 open roles
- Aldi US5 open roles
- Sonova USA4 open roles
- Creative Financial Staffing3 open roles
- International Motors3 open roles
- Old Second National Bank3 open roles
- Prime Healthcare3 open roles
- Q1 Technologies3 open roles
- American Civil Constructors2 open roles
- Mastec2 open roles
Aurora layoffs
No layoff notices naming Aurora in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Aurora
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora University | Private non-profit 4-year | 5,000–9,999 |
Where Aurora ranks
Where Aurora placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #8Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Great Lakes24% · of 53
- #9Best cities for junior jobs in Illinois29% · of 17
- #9Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Midwest24% · of 69
- #15Cities where the biggest share of jobs do not need a four-year degree in the Great Lakes17% · of 39
- #17Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Great Lakes0.8% · of 50
- #21Cities where the biggest share of jobs do not need a four-year degree in the Midwest17% · of 54
Kane County outlook: Steady
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 0.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,928 jobs), construction (+1,009 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−5,128 jobs), professional & technical (−684 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Aurora
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
- Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Aurora. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Illinois? How to file for unemployment in Illinois (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Kane, Kendal & DeKalb County Workforce Development Board
De Kalb, Kane, Kendall
Kane County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
270,480
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
516,097
people in Kane County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$100,678
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Illinois’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Illinois unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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