Effingham, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Effingham

• Market PresidentPark Avenue Group
• ASSISTANT GEOMETRICS ENGINEER (CIVIL ENGINEER IV)State of Illinois
• SENIOR PROJECT SQUAD LEADER (CIVIL ENGINEER IV)State of Illinois
• ASSISTANT BRIDGE AND HYDRAULICS ENGINEER (CIVIL ENGINEER IV)State of Illinois
• Senior HR GeneralistFrost Buddy
• Project EngineerMastec
• Property Adjuster IIErie Insurance
• Senior HR GeneralistFrost Buddy
• Accounts Payable SpecialistHeartland Dental
• Recruiter, Banking and Insurance - Effingham, IL (Remote)GPAC

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Employers hiring most in Effingham

1. State of Illinois3 open roles
2. Frost Buddy2 open roles
3. American Civil Constructors1 open role
4. Dieterich Bank1 open role
5. Erie Insurance1 open role
6. GPAC1 open role
7. Growmark1 open role
8. Heartland Dental1 open role
9. Mastec1 open role
10. Park Avenue Group1 open role

Effingham layoffs

No layoff notices naming Effingham 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.

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Effingham 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 0.9% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 0.5% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.9%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
• Sectors losing the most jobs: health care (−416 jobs), manufacturing (−333 jobs)

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Workforce development and job centers

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• Local Workforce Innovation Board 23

  Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Moultrie, Richland

• Illinois workNet Center - Effingham

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  Monday 08:30 - 16:30, Tuesday 08:30 - 16:30, Wednesday 08:30 - 16:30, Thursday 08:30 - 16:30, Friday 08:30 - 16:30

Effingham County economy

• 2.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  3.6% the month before

• 18,324

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 34,505

  people in Effingham County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $75,380

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 35%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS