Coles County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Coles County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 28 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Coles County economy

3.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.8% the month before
25,108
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
46,689
people in Coles County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,040
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Coles 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 1.9% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.0%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,045 jobs), hotels & food (+488 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−690 jobs)

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Coles County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Coles County 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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Employers hiring most in Coles County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Rural King20 open roles
Bimbo Bakeries USA1 open role
Confidential1 open role
Ferretti Search1 open role
First Mid Bank & Trust1 open role
GPAC1 open role
Jobot1 open role
Mediacom Communications1 open role
Vector Marketing1 open role

Colleges in Coles County

Colleges in Coles County
College	City	Type	Students
Eastern Illinois University	Charleston	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Coles County. 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).

Local Workforce Innovation Board 23
Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Moultrie, Richland

CEFS, An Illinois workNet Partner - Mattoon
Mattoon · Affiliate · 217-279-0371
Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Illinois’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Illinois unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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