Chester, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
Chester layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Chester in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Chester. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Land of Lincoln Workforce Alliance Illinois workNet Center
Cass, Christian, Logan, Menard, Sangamon
Southwestern Illinois WorkNet Center - Randolph County
Chester · Affiliate · 618-826-4709
Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Logan County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.0% the month before
10,734
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
27,870
people in Logan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,188
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Laid off or looking for work in Chester?
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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.