Carbondale, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- OFFICE ASSOCIATEState of Illinois
- Field Sales RepresentativeBest Version Media
- Head of CultivationViridian Staffing
- Executive Director, Community Care & Education CenterSouthern Illinois University at Carbondale
- Executive DirectorAlpharus Health
- Executive Director of Finance/ControllerGeneris Tek
- Restaurant General Manager-QSRGecko Hospitality
- Mortgage Loan OfficerLegence Bank
- Engineering ManagerEMAC
- Engineering ManagerW3Global
Employers hiring most in Carbondale
- Alpharus Health1 open role
- Best Version Media1 open role
- EMAC1 open role
- Gecko Hospitality1 open role
- Generis Tek1 open role
- Legence Bank1 open role
- Rural King1 open role
- Sevita1 open role
- Southern Illinois University at Carbondale1 open role
- State of Illinois1 open role
Carbondale layoffs
No layoff notices naming Carbondale 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 Carbondale
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Jackson 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 1.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.2%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: private education (+697 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
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Laid off in Illinois? How to file for unemployment in Illinois (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
- Southern Illinois Workforce Development Board
Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Williamson
Jackson County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.7% the month before
24,414
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
52,706
people in Jackson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$45,572
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
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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