Gallatin County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Gallatin County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Gallatin County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.4% the month before
2,011
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
4,857
people in Gallatin County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$54,626
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Gallatin County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Gallatin 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 Gallatin County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Southern 14 Workforce Investment Board
Alexander, Edwards, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, Wabash, Wayne, White

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Laid off or looking for work in Gallatin 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.