Kendall County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Kendall County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 12 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Kendall County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.2% the month before
76,044
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
135,053
people in Kendall County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$110,474
median household income
Source: Census ACS
42%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Kendall County outlook: Building

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 3.4% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 9.9% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.6 points from a year ago

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Kendall County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Kendall 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 Kendall 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.

BrightFarms3 open roles
American Commercial Bank & Trust2 open roles
Community Unit School District No. 3081 open role
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois1 open role
Lucky Strike Entertainment1 open role
Mars1 open role
Maxion1 open role
PurposeCare1 open role
Yorkville1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kendall 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).

Kane, Kendal & DeKalb County Workforce Development Board
De Kalb, Kane, Kendall

Illinois WorkNet Center - Kendall
Yorkville · Affiliate · 630-553-8303
Please call number listed above

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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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