DeKalb, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in DeKalb
- Transit Operations Controller BOC (Part-Time)Transdev
- Director of MaintenanceAdvastar
- Manufacturing Engineer, Controls (DeKalb County)Advastar, Inc. | Recruiting & Staffing
- Manager, Environmental Health & SafetyFerrara Candy
- Data Center Project ManagerInnovasolutions
- Manager Behavioral Health-Crisis Continuum of Care, Living Room ProgramNorthwestern Medicine
- Senior MEP Project Manager IMortenson
- Independent Insurance Claims Adjuster in Dekalb, IllinoisMileHigh Adjusters Houston
- Associate Logistics CoordinatorAston Carter
- Construction ManagerTEKsystems
Employers hiring most in DeKalb
- Amazon2 open roles
- TEKsystems2 open roles
- Advastar1 open role
- Advastar, Inc. | Recruiting & Staffing1 open role
- Aston Carter1 open role
- Ferrara Candy1 open role
- Innovasolutions1 open role
- MileHigh Adjusters Houston1 open role
- Mortenson1 open role
- Northwestern Medicine1 open role
DeKalb layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming DeKalb 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 DeKalb
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois University | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving DeKalb. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Kane, Kendal & DeKalb County Workforce Development Board
De Kalb, Kane, Kendall
workNet DeKalb
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DeKalb County economy
3.7%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
51,890
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
100,512
people in DeKalb County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$69,022
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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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.