Jackson County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meJackson County economy
4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.7% the month before
24,414
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
52,706
people in Jackson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$45,572
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Jackson 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 1.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 4.2%, down 0.5 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: private education (+697 jobs)
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- Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
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- Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
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Jackson County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Jackson 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 Jackson 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.
- Alpharus Health1 open role
- Best Version Media1 open role
- EMAC1 open role
- Gecko Hospitality1 open role
- Generis Tek1 open role
- Gilbane1 open role
- Legence Bank1 open role
- Riverside Health Care System1 open role
- Rural King1 open role
- Sevita1 open role
Colleges in Jackson County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Carbondale | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Jackson 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 Illinois Workforce Development Board
Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Williamson
Cities in Jackson 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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