Gallatin County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meGallatin County economy
4.0%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.3% the month before
1,989
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
4,857
people in Gallatin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,626
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Gallatin 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 1.1% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 6.4% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.0%, down 1.3 points from a year ago
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Gallatin County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Gallatin 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.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Gallatin 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).
- Southern 14 Workforce Investment Board
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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