Lake Forest, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Lake Forest
- Senior Legal Operations Analyst - HybridW.W. Grainger
- Graphic Designer - Signage & Vinyl MasteryFastSigns
- Senior Manager, Paid SearchW.W. Grainger
- Senior Manager, Corporate StrategyW.W. Grainger
- Senior Manager, Export & Sanctions ComplianceW.W. Grainger
- Senior Real Estate Project ManagerW.W. Grainger
- Manager, Global Network Design & OptimizationW.W. Grainger
- Manager, Equity Compensation - GUSW.W. Grainger
- Manager, Distribution Center Optimization & orage EngineeringW.W. Grainger
- Cyber Fusion ManagerW.W. Grainger
Employers hiring most in Lake Forest
- W.W. Grainger27 open roles
- Abbott16 open roles
- Reynolds Consumer Products16 open roles
- Grainger10 open roles
- Northern Trust3 open roles
- Packaging Corporation of America3 open roles
- AbbVie2 open roles
- Breaking News ABA2 open roles
- DSG Global2 open roles
- ICU Medical2 open roles
Lake Forest layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Forest College | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Lake Forest Graduate School of Management | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lake Forest. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
Lake County economy
3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.6% the month before
364,542
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
711,885
people in Lake County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$108,917
median household income
Source: Census ACS
47%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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- Libertyville41 jobs
- Buffalo Grove46 jobs
- Mettawa33 jobs
- Riverwoods17 jobs
- Gurnee21 jobs
- Lake Bluff19 jobs
- Round Lake16 jobs
- Highland Park12 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.