Bourbonnais, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- ASSISTANT TEAM LEADER - pOpshelf in BOURBONNAIS IL S30468Dollar General
- Civil Project Engineer (Water/Wastewater)Liberty Personnel Services
- Procurement ManagerM. Shapiro Real Estate Group
- RMG PRACTICE MANAGER - RMG ORTHOPEDICS (40 HRS/WK DAYS)Riverside Health Care System
Employers hiring most in Bourbonnais
- Dollar General1 open role
- Liberty Personnel Services1 open role
- M. Shapiro Real Estate Group1 open role
- Riverside Health Care System1 open role
Bourbonnais layoffs
No layoff notices naming Bourbonnais 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 Bourbonnais
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Olivet Nazarene University | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Kankakee 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 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.7% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.2%, down 1.2 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: hotels & food (+394 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−665 jobs)
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- Grundy Livingston Kankakee Workforce Board
Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston
Kankakee County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.4% the month before
49,774
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
106,833
people in Kankakee County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$68,325
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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