LaSalle County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

LaSalle County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 32 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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LaSalle County economy

4.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.2% the month before
49,191
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
109,049
people in LaSalle County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$72,281
median household income
Source: Census ACS
30%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Where LaSalle County ranks

Where LaSalle County placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.

November 2026

#12Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Midwest−1.0 points · of 100
#12Counties where unemployment fell the most in the Great Lakes−1.0 points · of 100

LaSalle 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 4.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 1.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.2%, down 1.0 points from a year ago
Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−575 jobs), hotels & food (−393 jobs)

Learn and get funded in LaSalle County

Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

LaSalle County layoffs

No layoff notices naming LaSalle 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in LaSalle 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.

Danaher11 open roles
Constellation Energy9 open roles
State of Illinois3 open roles
Advanced Drainage Systems1 open role
Constellation Acquisition Corp I1 open role
Illinois Staffing1 open role
Kingspan1 open role
Northrock Financial Services1 open role
Rollins1 open role
Sabic1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

NCI Works
Bureau, Carroll, Jo Daviess, La Salle, Lee, Ogle, Putnam, Whiteside

Cities in LaSalle County

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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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