Jo Daviess County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Jo Daviess County’s unemployment rate is 3.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Jo Daviess County economy

3.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
3.6% the month before
11,198
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
21,918
people in Jo Daviess County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$74,954
median household income
Source: Census ACS
39%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Jo Daviess County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Jo Daviess 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 Jo Daviess 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.

Jackson County Regional Health Center1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

NCI Works
Bureau, Carroll, Jo Daviess, La Salle, Lee, Ogle, Putnam, Whiteside

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Laid off or looking for work in Jo Daviess 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.