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Boone County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Boone County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Boone County economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    5.2% the month before

  • 25,484

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 53,316

    people in Boone County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $81,638

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Boone County layoffs

  • 1

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 114

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

WARN notices filed in Boone County, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
Luttrell Staffing Group - at Freudenberg Filtration IIBelvidere114ClosureState record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Boone 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. QXO2 open roles
  2. Generac Power Systems1 open role
  3. Pacific Advisory Service1 open role
  4. PNC Financial Services Group1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • The Workforce Connection Belvidere

    Belvidere · Affiliate · 815-547-9616

    Monday- Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM, Closed 12-1pm for lunch

Cities in Boone County

Other Illinois counties

All of Illinois

Laid off or looking for work in Boone 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.