Elwood, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Elwood

• Senior Cost AccountantStepan Company
• Maintenance Team LeaderStepan Company
• EHS ManagerStepan Company
• Sr. Specialist, Maintenance Operations AdministratorStepan Company
• Electrical Reliability EngineerStepan Company
• Senior Transportation PlannerStepan Company
• Warehouse Operations Manager INFI Industries
• Senior AccountantInsight Global
• Staff Administrative Specialist (GS-9)U.S. Army Reserve Command
• Supervisory Staff Administrator (GS-11)U.S. Army Reserve Command

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Employers hiring most in Elwood

1. Stepan Company6 open roles
2. U.S. Army Reserve Command2 open roles
3. Insight Global1 open role
4. NFI Industries1 open role
5. PrimeSource Building Products1 open role

Elwood layoffs

No layoff notices naming Elwood 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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Vermilion 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 0.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population down 3.7% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 4.5%, down 1.0 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+704 jobs), hotels & food (+312 jobs)
• Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−536 jobs), manufacturing (−430 jobs)

Local job-market news

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

• Consolidation given as reason for Danville Buitoni plant closureWDBJ on MSN · Nov 3, 2026
• Danville Buitoni plant to close, cutting 251 jobs by end of yearWSET on MSN · Oct 30, 2026
• Buitoni to close Danville plant, lay off 251 employeesVirginia Business · Oct 30, 2026
• Buitoni plant in Danville to permanently closeYahoo · Oct 30, 2026
• 251 employees to lose job after Danville company announces closureWSET on MSN · Oct 29, 2026
• Hundreds will lose jobs with Danville plant closureWDBJ on MSN · Oct 29, 2026
• 251 employees to lose jobs after Danville company announces closureWSET · Oct 29, 2026

Learn and get funded in Elwood

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• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Elwood. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

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• Vermillion County Workforce Investment Board

  Vermilion

Vermilion County economy

• 4.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  5.5% the month before

• 30,087

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 73,179

  people in Vermilion County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $54,537

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 28%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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