Stephenson County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Stephenson County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 8 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Stephenson County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
20,958
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
44,042
people in Stephenson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$61,943
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Stephenson 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 2.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 3.0% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.8%, down 0.6 points from a year ago

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Stephenson County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Stephenson 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 Stephenson 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.

Honeywell International3 open roles
Canopy USA1 open role
Citadel Healthcare1 open role
Danfoss1 open role
RxCloud1 open role
Savant Wealth Management1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

The Workforce Connection Inc.
Boone, Stephenson, Winnebago

The Workforce Connection
Freeport · Affiliate · 815-315-1830
Monday - Friday 8:00AM -5:00PM Closed between 12:00 -1:00

Cities in Stephenson County

Freeport8 jobs

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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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