Coles County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Coles County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 29 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Coles County economy

3.2%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.3% the month before
23,320
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
46,689
people in Coles County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,040
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Coles County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Coles 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 Coles 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.

Rural King17 open roles
Ferretti Search2 open roles
Innovative Staff Solutions2 open roles
Justrite Safety Group2 open roles
Confidential1 open role
Eastern Illinois University1 open role
First Mid Bank & Trust1 open role
Jobot1 open role
Serenity Estates1 open role
Vector Marketing1 open role

Colleges in Coles County

Colleges in Coles County
College	City	Type	Students
Eastern Illinois University	Charleston	Public 4-year	5,000–9,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Local Workforce Innovation Board 23
Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Moultrie, Richland

CEFS, An Illinois workNet Partner - Mattoon
Mattoon · Affiliate · 217-279-0371
Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Cities in Coles County

Mattoon23 jobs
Charleston6 jobs

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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.