Palatine, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Palatine

• Manager - Accommodations ServicesHarper College
• Contingent Project Manager - Facilities ManagementHarper College
• Clinical Supervisor - Radiologic Technology ProgramHarper College
• AI Engineer - Go To MarketVerizon
• GBS IMO, Portfolio ManagerArthur J. Gallagher
• Manufacturing Engineer IIIS&C Electric
• Senior Electrical EngineerMP Consulting
• Facilities ManagerMidtown Athletic Clubs
• Facilities ManagerIllinois
• Project EngineerLoberg Construction Company

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Employers hiring most in Palatine

1. Harper College4 open roles
2. Addison Group1 open role
3. Albertsons Companies1 open role
4. Amazon1 open role
5. Arthur J. Gallagher1 open role
6. Caranella Tax & Advisory1 open role
7. GPAC1 open role
8. Illinois1 open role
9. Loberg Construction Company1 open role
10. Midtown Athletic Clubs1 open role

Palatine layoffs

No layoff notices naming Palatine 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 Palatine. 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 Palatine. 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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