Warren County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Warren County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 19 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Warren County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.4% the month before
7,836
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
16,576
people in Warren County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,650
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Warren 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 3.0% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 3.7% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.8 points from a year ago

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Warren County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Warren 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 Warren 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.

Food Management Search3 open roles
Human Capital Ventures3 open roles
Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)3 open roles
Albertsons Companies1 open role
Bayer1 open role
Butler Recruitment Group1 open role
First Search1 open role
Hyatt-Fennell1 open role
Pro Staff1 open role
Safeway1 open role

Colleges in Warren County

Colleges in Warren County
College	City	Type	Students
Monmouth College	Monmouth	Private non-profit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Two Rivers Regional Council
Adams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, McDonough, Pike, Schuyler, Warren

Cities in Warren County

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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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