Evanston, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Workday Business Systems Analyst (FIN)Underwriters Laboratories
- Staff AccountantCFS
- Account Executive: Growth, Mentorship & Evanston TerritoryJones Lang LaSalle
- Account ExecutiveTreeline
- INSIDE SALES REPRESENTATIVEL2TMedia
- Head of InnovationOrnua Co-operative
- Senior HR Manager: Strategy, Metrics & Talent GrowthInnovateTech
- AI Training and Quality Assurance Analyst (Remote)Scale AI
- Manager - Materials ManagementPrime Healthcare
- Lead Clinical Lab Scientist IIIPrime Healthcare
Employers hiring most in Evanston
- UL Standards & Engagement5 open roles
- Northwestern University4 open roles
- Beghou3 open roles
- Bushnell University3 open roles
- Covenant Living Communities3 open roles
- Prime Healthcare3 open roles
- Syenex3 open roles
- Ulse3 open roles
- ZS Associates3 open roles
- Confidential2 open roles
Evanston layoffs
No layoff notices naming Evanston 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 Evanston
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | Private non-profit 4-year | 20,000+ |
| Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Conferences in Evanston
Industry conferences and trade shows held in Evanston. 1 with dates announced.
- Bala Balachandran Accounting Conference
Aug 5 to Aug 6, 2027 · Evanston, IL
By invitation only
- Business of Healthcare Conference
Usually February (next dates not announced) · Evanston, IL
Paid ticket, price not listed
Where Evanston ranks
Where Evanston placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #4Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Midwest27% · of 69
- #4Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Great Lakes27% · of 53
- #7Best cities for junior jobs in Illinois31% · of 17
- #12Cities with the most hybrid jobs in the Great Lakes16% · of 50
- #14Cities with the most hybrid jobs in the Midwest16% · of 67
- #23Best college towns for junior jobs in the Great Lakes33% · of 39
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 Evanston. 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 Evanston
- 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 Evanston. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Laid off in Illinois? How to file for unemployment in Illinois (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).
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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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See your options after a layoffSources: Layoff notices from Illinois’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Illinois unemployment benefits and severance rules.
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