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DeKalb County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

DeKalb County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 37 open professional jobs are in its cities.

DeKalb County economy

  • 3.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.7% the month before

  • 51,890

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 100,512

    people in DeKalb County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $69,022

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

DeKalb County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming DeKalb 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 DeKalb 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. Constellation Energy6 open roles
  2. Advastar, Inc. | Recruiting & Staffing3 open roles
  3. Elliott Aviation3 open roles
  4. Advastar2 open roles
  5. Amazon2 open roles
  6. Ideal Industries2 open roles
  7. TEKsystems2 open roles
  8. Your IT & Corporate Recruiter2 open roles
  9. Albertsons Companies1 open role
  10. Aston Carter1 open role

Colleges in DeKalb County

Colleges in DeKalb County
CollegeCityTypeStudents
Northern Illinois UniversityDekalbPublic 4-year10,000–19,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • workNet DeKalb

    Dekalb · Affiliate · 630-762-2120

    Mondays 12pm-4pm, Thursdays 9am-1pm

Cities in DeKalb County

Other Illinois counties

All of Illinois

Laid off or looking for work in DeKalb 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.