Newton, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- AR & Credit Analyst: Optimize Cash Flow & Credit RiskEdgewell Personal Care
- Senior Software EngineerCaixa Mágica Software
Employers hiring most in Newton
- Caixa Mágica Software1 open role
- Edgewell Personal Care1 open role
Newton layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
83
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vistra Corp. | Newton | 83 | Closure | State record |
Whiteside 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 5.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 2.6% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.8%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−853 jobs)
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Bureau, Carroll, Jo Daviess, La Salle, Lee, Ogle, Putnam, Whiteside
Whiteside County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
26,778
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
55,192
people in Whiteside County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,536
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
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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