Brown County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Brown County’s unemployment rate is 2.6%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Brown County economy

2.6%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.2% the month before
2,545
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
6,320
people in Brown County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$72,288
median household income
Source: Census ACS
26%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Brown County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Brown 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

Workforce development and job centers

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

Two Rivers Regional Council
Adams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, Knox, McDonough, Pike, Schuyler, Warren

Brown County Workforce Office - Mt. Sterling
Mt. Sterling · Affiliate · 217-626-7239
Thursday 9 AM to 4 PM & by appointment

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Laid off or looking for work in Brown County?

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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.