Rockford, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

153 open professional jobs in Rockford. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Rockford is in Winnebago County.

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Jobs in Rockford

Senior Technical Sales EngineerHitachi Energy
Senior Sales EngineerLHH
Sales EngineerThread
Sales EngineerRevenium
Sales EngineerIndex Search
Datacenter SA/Sales EngineerTeraplex
Business Development RepresentativeDevsec
Business Development Representative (SaaS | East coast US ) | $100K OTEIngenio Global
Marketing Communications CoordinatorNorthern Illinois Hospice
GME Fellowships & Residency Program CoordinatorMercy Health

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Employers hiring most in Rockford

Raytheon12 open roles
Michael Page11 open roles
RTX10 open roles
Mastec6 open roles
Cintas3 open roles
Eleven Recruiting3 open roles
Food Management Search3 open roles
Supplycore3 open roles
University of Illinois Chicago3 open roles
Davron2 open roles

Rockford layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
204
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Rockford, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Jun 30, 2026	Sunrise Transportation	Rockford	204	Closure	State record

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Colleges in Rockford

Colleges in Rockford
College	Type	Students
Rockford University	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Saint Anthony College of Nursing	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Rockford. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

The Workforce Connection Inc.
Boone, Stephenson, Winnebago

The Workforce Connection - Rockford
Rockford · Comprehensive · 815-847-7574
Monday 08:00-17:00, Tuesday 08:00-17:00, Wednesday 08:00-17:00, Thursday 08:00-17:00, Friday 08:00-17:00,

Winnebago County economy

4.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.6% the month before
128,133
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
283,289
people in Winnebago County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,363
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: 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.