Waukegan, IL jobs, layoffs and employers

65 open professional jobs in Waukegan. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. Waukegan is in Lake County.

Jobs in Waukegan

Sr. HR Generalist/Manager - ManufacturingJobot
IT Systems AdministratorAmerican Place
Senior Program Coordinator, Judicial Services (Campus)College of Lake County
Production Planner, Global ManufacturerAkzoNobel
Mechanical Project EngineerGPAC
Quality ManagerEagle Foods
Continuous Improvement & Engineering ManagerEagle Foods
Head of BenefitsUline Shipping Supplies
Vice President of LogisticsUline Shipping Supplies
Vice President of InfrastructureUline Shipping Supplies

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Employers hiring most in Waukegan

Uline Shipping Supplies12 open roles
Ametek SCP4 open roles
Hoerbiger4 open roles
Medline Industries3 open roles
Akzo Nobel2 open roles
Ametek2 open roles
Eagle Foods2 open roles
Lake County, IL2 open roles
LanceSoft2 open roles
Sterling Engineering2 open roles

Waukegan layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
34
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Waukegan, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Jul 1, 2026	Precision Practice Management	Waukegan	34	Closure	State record

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Workforce development and job centers

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

Lake County Workforce Development Board
Lake

Job Center of Lake County - Waukegan
Waukegan · Comprehensive · 847-377-3450
Monday 08:30-17:00, Tuesday 08:30-17:00, Wednesday 08:30-17:00, Thursday 08:30-17:00, Friday 08:30-17:00,

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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Mundelein586 jobs
Lake Forest109 jobs
Lincolnshire85 jobs
Vernon Hills56 jobs
Libertyville41 jobs
Buffalo Grove46 jobs
Mettawa33 jobs
Riverwoods17 jobs
Gurnee21 jobs
Lake Bluff19 jobs
Round Lake16 jobs
Highland Park12 jobs

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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.