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Adams County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Adams County’s unemployment rate is 2.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 16 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Adams County economy

  • 2.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    3.7% the month before

  • 32,969

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 65,166

    people in Adams County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $64,962

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Adams County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Adams County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Adams County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Knapheide Manufacturing2 open roles
  2. Quincy Medical Group2 open roles
  3. Direct Staffing1 open role
  4. Duly Health and Care1 open role
  5. Iicrc1 open role
  6. Illinois Staffing1 open role
  7. J.M. Huber1 open role
  8. Manpower1 open role
  9. Phibro Animal Health1 open role
  10. Philip Morris International1 open role

Colleges in Adams County

Colleges in Adams County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Quincy UniversityQuincyPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health SciencesQuincyPrivate nonprofit 4-yearUnder 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Quincy Workforce Service Center

    Quincy · Comprehensive · 217-224-8171

    Closed to the public; open by appointment

Cities in Adams County

Other Illinois counties

All of Illinois

Laid off or looking for work in Adams County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from Illinois’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.