Carbondale, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Carbondale
- Senior Vice President, Ambulatory and Medical Group OperationsWitt/Kieffer
- Head of CultivationViridian Staffing
- Executive Director, Community Care & Education CenterSouthern Illinois University at Carbondale
- Sales Representative - RemoteUniTrust Financial Group
- Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (OPMH) (GS-9/11)Veterans Health Administration
- Mortgage Loan OfficerLegence Bank
- Head of CultivationViridian Staffing
- Quality Assurance EngineerApolis
- Human Resources Lead (Illinois)Rural King
Employers hiring most in Carbondale
- Viridian Staffing2 open roles
- Apolis1 open role
- Legence Bank1 open role
- Rural King1 open role
- Southern Illinois University at Carbondale1 open role
- UniTrust Financial Group1 open role
- Veterans Health Administration1 open role
- Witt/Kieffer1 open role
Carbondale layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Carbondale in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Colleges in Carbondale
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Carbondale. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Southern Illinois Workforce Development Board
Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Williamson
Jackson County economy
4.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.2% the month before
23,558
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
52,706
people in Jackson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$45,572
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Jackson County
- Bradley6 jobs
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Illinois’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.