Edwardsville, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Edwardsville

• Accounts Payable SpecialistAlter Trading
• Associate Attorney (Bilingual Spanish)Orion Placement
• Associate Attorney - General LiabilityOrion Placement
• Associate Attorney - Toxic TortOrion Placement
• Commercial LenderPark Avenue Group
• Business Operations Analyst, Workforce EnablementWorld Wide Technology
• HR GeneralistRbm Partners
• Civil Litigation Associate AttorneyLewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith
• RecruiterHireLevel.
• Property Adjuster IIErie Insurance

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Employers hiring most in Edwardsville

1. Lewis Brisbois3 open roles
2. Orion Placement3 open roles
3. Cordell & Cordell2 open roles
4. Alter Trading1 open role
5. Amazon1 open role
6. D7 Central Office1 open role
7. Edwardsville High School1 open role
8. Erie Insurance1 open role
9. Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers1 open role
10. HireLevel.1 open role

Edwardsville layoffs

• 1

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

• 175

  workers named

  A floor: states may leave out counts

• 1

  employer

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in Edwardsville

Job fairs and business events in Edwardsville

Hiring events, career workshops and business events in Edwardsville.

• Job fairNov 18, 2026 · Edwardsville, IL

  Pharmacy Career Fair

  College: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

• Small-business counselingNov 26, 2026 · Edwardsville, IL

  The Wedge + SIUE Presents: Legal Support for Small Businesses

  College: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Madison County outlook: Building

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

• Private-sector jobs up 5.9% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 3.4%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,713 jobs), construction (+937 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,319 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

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Learn and get funded in Edwardsville

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

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• Madison - Bond - Jersey- Calhoun Workforce Innovation Board

  Bond, Calhoun, Jersey, Madison

Madison County economy

• 3.4%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  4.1% the month before

• 132,941

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 264,631

  people in Madison County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $74,800

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 40%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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