Iroquois County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

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

Iroquois County economy

3.9%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.8% the month before
11,838
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
26,746
people in Iroquois County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,439
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Iroquois County layoffs

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

East Central Illinois Workforce Board
Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, Piatt

Illinois Worknet Center, American Job Center - Iroquois County
Watseka · Affiliate · 815-432-5246
Monday- Thursday 9am-12pm

Cities in Iroquois County

Watseka

Other Illinois counties

All of Illinois

Laid off or looking for work in Iroquois 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.