Oak Brook, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

122 open professional jobs in Oak Brook. Oak Brook is in DuPage County.

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Jobs in Oak Brook

Senior Account ExecutiveAce Hardware
Regional ControllerAce Hardware
Payroll ManagerAce Hardware
International Business Development ManagerAce Hardware
Key Account Support AssociateAce Hardware
Sales Operations AnalystAce Hardware
AI Project Coordinator - Associate PMOWorldpac
Inside Sales RepresentativeSotera Health
Division Vice President Cancer Service Line - ILAdvocate Health Care
Staff Tax AccountantDistinct | North America

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Employers hiring most in Oak Brook

Hub Group12 open roles
Ace Hardware7 open roles
Advocate Health Care4 open roles
Connect Search4 open roles
BDO USA3 open roles
Creative Financial Staffing3 open roles
Unite Here Health3 open roles
Worldpac3 open roles
Advocate Health2 open roles
AmTrust Financial Services2 open roles

Oak Brook layoffs

No layoff notices naming Oak Brook 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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Where Oak Brook ranks

Where Oak Brook placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#2Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Great Lakes2.2% · of 50
#4Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Midwest2.2% · of 67
#8Cities where the biggest share of jobs do not need a four-year degree in the Great Lakes19% · of 39
#8Best cities for junior jobs in Illinois30% · of 17
#10Cities where the biggest share of jobs do not need a four-year degree in the Midwest19% · of 54
#19Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Great Lakes17% · of 53

DuPage 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 4.2% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 0.3% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.3 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+23,607 jobs), manufacturing (+4,466 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−2,959 jobs), professional & technical (−2,166 jobs)

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Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
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Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Oak Brook. 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).

Du Page County Workforce Innovation Board
Du Page

DuPage County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
508,755
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
927,263
people in DuPage County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$110,502
median household income
Source: Census ACS
50%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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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