Mundelein, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
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Show me jobs near meJobs in Mundelein
- Chief Medical OfficerFreedmen's Medicine
- Chief Financial OfficerPlona Partners
- Chief Financial OfficerCherry Bekaert Recruiting & Staffing Services
- Chief Compliance OfficerMadison-Davis
- Executive Vice PresidentMarsden Services
- Vice President, Franchise Store OperationsScooter's Coffee
- Vice President of Enterprise SalesThe Everest Search Group
- Vice President of SalesEngage Partners
- Head of PaymentsPayra
- Director Private EquityWindancer Holdings
Employers hiring most in Mundelein
- Coda Search│Staffing6 open roles
- Madison-Davis6 open roles
- HW34 open roles
- Pursuit4 open roles
- Kay Search Group3 open roles
- Metric Geo3 open roles
- Atlas Search2 open roles
- BeaconFire2 open roles
- Brooksource2 open roles
- Cardea Group2 open roles
Mundelein layoffs
No layoff notices naming Mundelein 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 Mundelein
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| University of Saint Mary of the Lake | Private non-profit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Where Mundelein ranks
Where Mundelein placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #3Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Midwest64 / 100 · of 20
- #3Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Great Lakes63 / 100 · of 16
- #4Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Great Lakes$134k · of 16
- #5Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Midwest$134k · of 20
- #6Best cities for junior jobs in Illinois35% · of 17
- #6Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Midwest25% · 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 Mundelein
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- 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 Mundelein. 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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