Galesburg, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Home Health Account ExecutiveUnitedhealth Group
- Recruiter, Banking and Insurance - Galesburg, IL (Remote)GPAC
- Marketing & Communications CoordinatorBridgeway
- Administrative Assistant of GDHKnox College
- HV Assistant Project Manager, Utility Scale Solar (Illinois)SOLV Energy
- Lead Diagnostic Radiology TechnologistOSF HealthCare
- Senior Financial AnalystOSF HealthCare
- Financial AnalystOSF HealthCare
- Regulatory Affairs Specialist - West CentralOSF HealthCare
- Design Engineering ManagerElgen Staffing
Employers hiring most in Galesburg
- Carl Sandburg College3 open roles
- OSF HealthCare3 open roles
- Knox College2 open roles
- Bridgeway1 open role
- Elgen Staffing1 open role
- GPAC1 open role
- Growmark1 open role
- OSF HealthCare1 open role
- SOLV Energy1 open role
- Unitedhealth Group1 open role
Galesburg layoffs
No layoff notices naming Galesburg 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 Galesburg
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Knox College | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
Knox 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 up 6.3% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 4.1% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.3%, down 1.0 points from a year ago
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Knox County economy
4.3%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.3% the month before
20,521
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
49,294
people in Knox County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$53,291
median household income
Source: Census ACS
34%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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