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Fulton County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Fulton County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 95 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Fulton County economy

  • 3.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 14,939

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 33,259

    people in Fulton County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $58,617

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 30%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Fulton County layoffs

  • 1

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 416

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 1

    employer

WARN notices filed in Fulton County, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
WALGREEN CO.Deerfield416—State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Fulton 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. Walgreens Boots Alliance12 open roles
  2. Welch Allyn6 open roles
  3. Baxter Behavorial Health HSP5 open roles
  4. Baxter International5 open roles
  5. Aston Carter4 open roles
  6. Capital One4 open roles
  7. Walgreens4 open roles
  8. Geneva Search Partners3 open roles
  9. Planet Pharma3 open roles
  10. Alight, Inc. / Delaware2 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Fulton County

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Career Link

    Fulton, Marshall, Mason, McLean, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford

  • Career Link - Fulton County

    Canton · Comprehensive

    Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to Noon & 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Cities in Fulton County

Other Illinois counties

All of Illinois

Laid off or looking for work in Fulton 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.