Peoria, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
Jobs in Peoria
- SUPERVISORY PRODUCTION CONTROLLER (AIRCRAFT) (TITLE 32) (GS-11)Air National Guard Units
- Senior Sales EngineerDatacenterpeople
- Sales EngineerCaterpillar
- Sales Engineer-PPUVirginia Transformer
- Regional Sales EngineerPlymovent North America (Industrial)
- Sales EngineerDatacenterpeople
- Territory Sales ManagerCareer Opportunities International
- Territory Sales ManagerMerakris Therapeutics
- Business Development Representative / Sales Development RepresentativeAuditSuisse Assurance
- Business Development RepresentativeConfidential Careers
Employers hiring most in Peoria
- Caterpillar15 open roles
- Komatsu8 open roles
- Nexstar Media Group7 open roles
- Air National Guard Units4 open roles
- ITC4 open roles
- Legends / ASM Global3 open roles
- Aditi Consulting2 open roles
- Carle Health2 open roles
- Carle Health2 open roles
- Carvana2 open roles
Largest employers headquartered in Peoria
- Osf Healthcare System20,001–100,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Peoria layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Peoria 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 Peoria
| College | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Bradley University | Private nonprofit 4-year | 1,000–4,999 |
| Methodist College | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
| Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Job fairs and business events in Peoria
Hiring events, career workshops and business events in Peoria.
- Starting a businessNov 11, 2026 · Peoria, IL
Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Series
College: Bradley University
- Career workshopNov 29, 2026 · Peoria, IL
College: Bradley University
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Peoria. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Career Link
Fulton, Marshall, Mason, McLean, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford
Career Link - Peoria County
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Peoria County economy
4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.4% the month before
83,732
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
179,831
people in Peoria County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,938
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
More cities in Peoria County
- Mossville19 jobs
- Chillicothe3 jobs
- Mapleton3 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.