Watseka, IL jobs, layoffs and employers
Watseka layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Watseka 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 Watseka. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- East Central Illinois Workforce Board
Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Piatt
Illinois Worknet Center, American Job Center - Iroquois County
Watseka · Affiliate · 815-432-5246
Monday- Thursday 9am-12pm
Iroquois County economy
3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.8% the month before
11,838
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
26,746
people in Iroquois County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,439
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
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.