Champaign, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Administrative CoordinatorMH Cpa Pllc
- Benefits SpecialistRichland County School District One
- Executive Director / HospiceTransitions Care
- AccountantROE #9 Champaign-Ford County School Districts
- Field Sales RepresentativeAuris
- Assistant General ManagerChipotle Mexican Grill
- SENIOR SQUAD LEADER - (CIVIL ENGINEER IV)State of Illinois
- Manager, Clinical Documentation IntegrityCarle Bromenn Medical Center
- Sr Vice President, Care ExcellenceCarle Health Medical Group
- Clinical Resilience and Preparedness DirectorCarle Health Medical Group
Employers hiring most in Champaign
- Carle Health4 open roles
- Carle West Physician Group4 open roles
- Carle Health3 open roles
- Carle Health Medical Group3 open roles
- State of Illinois3 open roles
- Rosecrance2 open roles
- Universal Hospital Services2 open roles
- Adams Outdoor Advertising1 open role
- Aldi US1 open role
- Applied Pavement Technology1 open role
Champaign layoffs
No layoff notices naming Champaign 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 Champaign
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
Conferences in Champaign
Industry conferences and trade shows held in Champaign. 2 with dates announced.
- Illinois Rural Health Association Annual Educational Conference
Jul 21 to Jul 22, 2027 · Champaign, IL
Paid ticket. Early bird for 2027 opens January 19; prices not listed.
- APA Illinois State Planning Conference
Oct 6 to Oct 8, 2027 · Champaign, IL
Paid ticket, price not listed
Champaign 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 1.7% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.6 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: retail (+430 jobs), hotels & food (+393 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−977 jobs), manufacturing (−786 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Champaign
- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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- Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Champaign. 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).
- East Central Illinois Workforce Board
Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Piatt
Illinois WorkNet Center - Champaign
Champaign · Comprehensive · 217-531-8282
Monday -Thursday 9am - 4pm Closed noon - 1pm
Champaign County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.2% the month before
110,798
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
206,098
people in Champaign County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,091
median household income
Source: Census ACS
50%
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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