Chicago Heights, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Chicago Heights

• Production Planner in Chicago HeightsEnergy Jobline ZR
• IT Software Engineer 43Core Systems
• Production PlannerMaterials and Engineering Company
• Inside Sales RepUnited Rentals
• Head of Strategic Technology Partnerships & InnovationCCC Information Services
• Tax ManagerDistinct | North America
• Technical Project Manager - Infrastructure & Enterprise DeliveryPacer Group
• Outside Sales Account ManagerAirgas
• Reliability Engineer (F/M/X)Solvay S a
• Operations Management TraineeXPO

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Employers hiring most in Chicago Heights

1. Innophos3 open roles
2. Illinois Tool Works2 open roles
3. 3Core Systems1 open role
4. Airgas1 open role
5. CCC Information Services1 open role
6. Distinct | North America1 open role
7. Energy Jobline ZR1 open role
8. Ford Motor1 open role
9. Materials and Engineering Company1 open role
10. Pacer Group1 open role

Chicago Heights layoffs

• 2

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 501

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 2

  employers

All layoff notices in the state

Cook County outlook: Cooling

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

• Private-sector jobs up 2.0% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 1.3% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.7%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+38,037 jobs), hotels & food (+18,561 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−15,140 jobs), professional & technical (−6,118 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Chicago Heights. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Why Chicago’s tech job market is ‘resilient’ as AI reshapes hiringThe Business Journals · Oct 21, 2026
• CCMC Advanced Technologies: AI for the Public GoodYahoo Finance · Oct 21, 2026
• CCMC Advanced Technologies Invests $2.4 Million in Chicago to Advance AI, Targets 30 New JobsGreen Bay Press-Gazette · Oct 20, 2026
• 4 takeaways from Chicago’s school board president candidate forumChalkbeat on MSN · Oct 15, 2026

Learn and get funded in Chicago Heights

• 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 Chicago Heights. 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).

• LWIA 7

  Cook; City: Chicago

• South Suburban Cook County American Job Center at Prairie State College

  Chicago Heights · Comprehensive

  Monday-Friday 8:30-4:30

Cook County economy

• 4.7%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.3% the month before

• 2,707,866

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 5,185,812

  people in Cook County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $81,797

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 46%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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