Tazewell County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Tazewell County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 13 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Tazewell County economy

  • 3.6%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    4.4% the month before

  • 63,830

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 130,555

    people in Tazewell County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $76,704

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 40%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Tazewell 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 1.3% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 1.0% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.8 points from a year ago
  • Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−307 jobs)

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Tazewell County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Tazewell 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 Tazewell 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.

  1. SOLV Energy3 open roles
  2. Carle Health2 open roles
  3. Caterpillar2 open roles
  4. AGCO1 open role
  5. Brewer Morris1 open role
  6. Chipotle Mexican Grill1 open role
  7. FLSmidth & Co. A/S1 open role
  8. Morton Industries1 open role
  9. Pursuit Aerospace1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Tazewell 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 - Tazewell County

    Pekin · Affiliate · 309-347-8492

    8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. M - F - Closed 12:00- 1:00 p.m. for Lunch

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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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