Iroquois County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meIroquois County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.7% the month before
11,636
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
26,746
people in Iroquois County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,439
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Iroquois 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 1.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.9%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
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Iroquois County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Iroquois 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.
Employers hiring most in Iroquois 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.
- Gardant Management Solutions1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Iroquois 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).
- East Central Illinois Workforce Board
Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Piatt
Illinois Worknet Center, American Job Center - Iroquois County
Watseka · Affiliate · 815-432-5246
Monday- Thursday 9am-12pm
Cities in Iroquois County
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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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