Sterling, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

12 open professional jobs in Sterling. Sterling is in Whiteside County.

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Jobs in Sterling

Therapy Program Manager PT/PTAHealthpro Heritage
Environmental ManagerLeggett & Platt
Engineer (mechanical or structural)Leggett & Platt
Director of Behavioral HealthHorizon Health
Recruiter / HR GeneralistCastor Home Health Solutions
Production Group LeaderCorporate Services
Territory ManagerWahl Clipper
Director, Pharmacy-$$CGH Medical Center
Recruiter, Banking and Insurance - Sterling, IL (Remote)GPAC
Materials Manager #2485Pivotal Talent Search

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Employers hiring most in Sterling

Pivotal Talent Search3 open roles
Castor Home Health Solutions1 open role
CGH Medical Center1 open role
Corporate Services1 open role
GPAC1 open role
Healthpro Heritage1 open role
Horizon Health1 open role
Leggett & Platt1 open role
Leggett & Platt1 open role
Wahl Clipper1 open role

Sterling layoffs

No layoff notices naming Sterling 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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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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Workforce development and job centers

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

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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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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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