DeKalb, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Senior Lead Technical Marketing Manager, CybersecurityLumen
- Construction Project Coordinator — Assistant PMTri City Group
- Senior MEP Project Manager IMortenson
- Chief Financial OfficerTruity Partners
- Management AnalystU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Construction Project ManagerAditi Consulting
- Remote Account ExecutiveThe Wood Agency Life
- Manager, Environmental Health & SafetyFerrara Candy
- Chief Financial OfficerTruity Partners
- Construction Project Manager VINSPYR Solutions
Employers hiring most in DeKalb
- Truity Partners2 open roles
- Aditi Consulting1 open role
- Amazon1 open role
- Ferrara Candy1 open role
- Innovasolutions1 open role
- INSPYR Solutions1 open role
- Lumen1 open role
- Mortenson1 open role
- The Wood Agency Life1 open role
- Tri City Group1 open role
DeKalb layoffs
No layoff notices naming DeKalb 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 DeKalb
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois University | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
DeKalb 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 1.8% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+689 jobs), other services (+317 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−708 jobs), retail (−528 jobs)
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Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving DeKalb. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
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- Kane, Kendal & DeKalb County Workforce Development Board
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DeKalb County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
52,345
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
100,512
people in DeKalb County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,022
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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