Belvidere, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- General Assembly Industrial EngineerAlten Technology USA
- Station DesignerAlten Technology USA
- Senior Manager, Human ResourcesQXO
- EHS Manager, MultiSiteQXO
- Branch ManagerPNC Financial Services Group
- Project ManagerNucor
- Account CoordinatorNucor
- Environmental Specialist - Belvidere, ILGeneral Mills
- Area Manager - Traffic (Fashion, Grocery, Import, Regional)-1Walmart
- Operations Manager - Floor (Grocery)-3Walmart
Employers hiring most in Belvidere
- Walmart10 open roles
- Alten Technology USA2 open roles
- Nucor2 open roles
- QXO2 open roles
- General Mills1 open role
- PNC Financial Services Group1 open role
Belvidere layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
114
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luttrell Staffing Group - at Freudenberg Filtration II | Belvidere | 114 | Closure | State record |
Boone 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 down 19.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 0.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.0%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−2,116 jobs), admin & staffing (−407 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
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- The Workforce Connection Inc.
Boone, Stephenson, Winnebago
The Workforce Connection Belvidere
Belvidere · Affiliate · 815-547-9616
Monday- Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM, Closed 12-1pm for lunch
Boone County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.8% the month before
25,430
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
53,316
people in Boone County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$81,638
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
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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