McHenry County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

McHenry County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 78 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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McHenry County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.4% the month before
174,662
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
311,366
people in McHenry County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$102,836
median household income
Source: Census ACS
41%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

McHenry 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 2.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+1,024 jobs), wholesale (+961 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−1,461 jobs), admin & staffing (−506 jobs)

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McHenry County layoffs

1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
389
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

Layoff notices filed in McHenry County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Feb 3, 2026	First Brands Group, LLC (Midwest Distribution Center)	McHenry	389	Closure	State record

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Employers hiring most in McHenry 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.

Anduril Industries12 open roles
Sustainable Staffing5 open roles
HR Green4 open roles
Albertsons Companies3 open roles
Safeway3 open roles
Corporate Services2 open roles
Crystal Lake Community Consolidated School District #472 open roles
LHH2 open roles
Michael Page2 open roles
Northwestern Medicine2 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

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

McHenry County Workforce Network Board
McHenry

McHenry County Workforce Center
Woodstock · Comprehensive
Monday through Friday - 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM

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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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