Mason County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meMason County economy
3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.5% the month before
6,171
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
12,878
people in Mason County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,127
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Mason 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 1.9% from 2022 to 2025
- Population down 4.9% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.9 points from a year ago
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Mason County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Mason 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 Mason 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.
- Adkisson Search1 open role
- Adkisson Search Consultants1 open role
- Mason District Hospital1 open role
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Mason 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).
- Career Link
Fulton, Marshall, Mason, McLean, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford
Career Link - Mason 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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