Jackson County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Jackson County economy
4.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.2% the month before
23,558
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
52,706
people in Jackson County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$45,572
median household income
Source: Census ACS
40%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Jackson County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Jackson County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Jackson 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.
- Gilbane2 open roles
- Viridian Staffing2 open roles
- Actalent1 open role
- Apolis1 open role
- CSL1 open role
- Legence Bank1 open role
- Riverside Health Care System1 open role
- Rural King1 open role
- Southern Illinois University at Carbondale1 open role
- UniTrust Financial Group1 open role
Colleges in Jackson County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Carbondale | Public 4-year | 10,000–19,999 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Jackson County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- Southern Illinois Workforce Development Board
Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Williamson
Cities in Jackson County
- Carbondale9 jobs
- Bradley6 jobs
Other Illinois counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.