Kankakee County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Kankakee County economy

• 4.3%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  5.6% the month before

• 49,283

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 106,833

  people in Kankakee County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $68,325

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 31%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Kankakee County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Kankakee 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 Kankakee 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. Gotion50 open roles
2. Riverside Health Care System5 open roles
3. Central Valley Medical Center2 open roles
4. Gardant2 open roles
5. Aston Carter1 open role
6. Carl Buddig1 open role
7. Central Valley Medical Center1 open role
8. CSL Behring1 open role
9. DEL Monte1 open role
10. Dollar General1 open role

Colleges in Kankakee County

Workforce development and job centers

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

• Grundy Livingston Kankakee Workforce Board

  Grundy, Kankakee, Livingston

• Kankakee Workforce Services

  Bradley · Comprehensive · 815-802-8960

  Monday-Friday 8:00 am -5:00 pm

Cities in Kankakee County

• Manteno50 jobs
• Kankakee20 jobs
• Momence
• Bourbonnais5 jobs

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