St. Clair County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

St. Clair County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 155 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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St. Clair County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.6% the month before
120,714
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
254,777
people in St. Clair County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$70,178
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

St. Clair 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 0.9% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 2.5% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.8%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+777 jobs)
Sectors losing the most jobs: admin & staffing (−1,449 jobs), retail (−472 jobs)

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St. Clair County layoffs

No layoff notices naming St. Clair 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 St. Clair 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.

Caci-Iss17 open roles
Trace Systems15 open roles
Air Force Elements, U.S. Transportation Command9 open roles
Caci, LLC - Commercial9 open roles
Air Mobility Command6 open roles
Air National Guard Units6 open roles
Marathon TS6 open roles
Army Transportation5 open roles
Caci, Inc. - Federal5 open roles
Abacus Technology4 open roles

Colleges in St. Clair County

Colleges in St. Clair County
College	City	Type	Students
McKendree University	Lebanon	Private non-profit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving St. Clair 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).

Mid America Workforce Investment Board
Clinton, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair, Washington

Illinois workNet Center - American Job Center - Belleville
Belleville · Comprehensive · 618-277-3090
Monday 08:30-17:00, Tuesday 08:30-17:00, Wednesday 08:30-17:00, Thursday 08:30-17:00, Friday 08:30-17:00,

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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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