Mount Prospect, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Mount Prospect

• MEP - EngineerHolder Construction
• Construction Project SchedulerHolder Construction
• Demand Planning ManagerBosch Group
• Controller / Corporate Controller, 26-15034TeamBradley
• Operations ManagerRöhlig Logistics
• Senior Accountant (Hybrid)LHH
• Accounts Receivable SpecialistCPG Talent Management
• Administrative AssistantNicholas Family of Companies
• Demand Planning ManagerRobert Bosch
• Logistics CoordinatorLapmaster Wolters

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Employers hiring most in Mount Prospect

1. Ametek SCP5 open roles
2. Ametek Inc/3 open roles
3. Holder Construction2 open roles
4. Nicholas Family of Companies2 open roles
5. Bosch Group1 open role
6. Commence1 open role
7. CPG Talent Management1 open role
8. Gold + Oak Interiors1 open role
9. L2x Talent Solutions1 open role
10. Lapmaster Wolters1 open role

Mount Prospect layoffs

No layoff notices naming Mount Prospect 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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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 Mount Prospect. 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

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Workforce development and job centers

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

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  Cook; City: Chicago

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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