Des Plaines, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Des Plaines

• Production PlannerAbbott Laboratories
• Chief Executive OfficerSkyWater Search Partners
• Junior Data Analystdnasllc
• Regional Manager, Service CentersCSafe
• Corporate ControllerCreative Financial Staffing
• Contracts ParalegalJobot
• Project CoordinatorBenjamin West
• Junior Data AnalystD & A Services
• Electrical Engineer/Radio Frequency (RF) EngineerLeidos
• Solar Project CoordinatorCoastal Products Company

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Employers hiring most in Des Plaines

1. Honeywell International5 open roles
2. Dayton Freight Lines4 open roles
3. Federal Aviation Administration3 open roles
4. Leidos3 open roles
5. Bowman Williams2 open roles
6. Elara Caring2 open roles
7. HT Executive Search2 open roles
8. Abbott Laboratories1 open role
9. Addison Group1 open role
10. Albertsons Companies1 open role

Des Plaines layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 43

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

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 Des Plaines. 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 Des Plaines

• 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 Des Plaines. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• LWIA 7

  Cook; City: Chicago

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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