Lake Forest, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- Tax Manager - DirectorRobert Half
- Senior Plant Cost AccountantThe LaSalle Network
- Software Implementation EngineerPanasonic Energy North America
- Advanced Practice Provider Program Coordinator, Full-time, DaysNorthwestern Medicine
- Operations Coordinator Physician Practice MA-Urogynecology and Complex Gynecology Full Time DaysNorthwestern Medicine
- Paralegal - Family LawJobot
- Engineering Director, Digital PlatformAbbott
- Engineering Director, Preanalytics SolutionsAbbott
- Engineering Director, Workflow Management Solutions, Digital HealthAbbott
- Executive Director, Corporate Development & M&A StrategiesTrustmark Services Company
Employers hiring most in Lake Forest
- W.W. Grainger26 open roles
- Reynolds Consumer Products15 open roles
- Novolex14 open roles
- Abbott6 open roles
- ICU Medical2 open roles
- Lake Forest College2 open roles
- Northwestern Medicine2 open roles
- 247Hire1 open role
- Abbott (abbottcareers2 board)1 open role
- CorMedix Therapeutics1 open role
Lake Forest layoffs
No layoff notices naming Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest College | Private non-profit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Lake Forest Graduate School of Management | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Where Lake Forest ranks
Where Lake Forest placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Midwest33% · of 69
- #1Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Great Lakes33% · of 53
- #16Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Great Lakes6% · of 53
- #17Best cities for junior jobs in Illinois16% · of 17
- #19Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Midwest6% · of 69
Lake 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 up 0.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,406 jobs), wholesale (+1,745 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−4,127 jobs), admin & staffing (−3,589 jobs)
Learn and get funded in Lake Forest
- 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 Lake Forest. 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).
Lake County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
365,784
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
711,885
people in Lake County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$108,917
median household income
Source: Census ACS
47%
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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