Lake County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lake County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. Employers filed 4 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1,145 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lake County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.6% the month before
364,542
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
711,885
people in Lake County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$108,917
median household income
Source: Census ACS
47%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lake County layoffs

4
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
631
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
4
employers

WARN notices filed in Lake County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
Aug 3, 2026	Essendant Co.	Lincolnshire	510	Closure	State record
Jul 1, 2026	Precision Practice Management	Waukegan	34	Closure	State record
Nov 7, 2025	Remke Industries, Inc.	Vernon Hills	42	Closure	State record
Nov 5, 2025	Consolidated Hospitality Supplies, LLC	Vernon Hills	45	Closure	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Lake 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.

AbbVie30 open roles
W.W. Grainger27 open roles
Zebra Technologies19 open roles
Abbott17 open roles
Reynolds Consumer Products16 open roles
Capital One12 open roles
Uline Shipping Supplies12 open roles
Plexus11 open roles
Grainger10 open roles
Klein Tools9 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Lake County

AbbVie20,001–100,000 employees
Zebra Technologies5,001–20,000 employees

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Colleges in Lake County

Colleges in Lake County
College	City	Type	Students
Lake Forest College	Lake Forest	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science	North Chicago	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management	Lake Forest	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
Trinity International University-Illinois	Deerfield	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
University of Saint Mary of the Lake	Mundelein	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Lake County Workforce Development Board
Lake

Job Center of Lake County - Waukegan
Waukegan · Comprehensive · 847-377-3450
Monday 08:30-17:00, Tuesday 08:30-17:00, Wednesday 08:30-17:00, Thursday 08:30-17:00, Friday 08:30-17:00,

Cities in Lake County

Mundelein586 jobs
Lake Forest109 jobs
Lincolnshire85 jobs
Waukegan65 jobs
Vernon Hills56 jobs
Libertyville41 jobs
Buffalo Grove46 jobs
Mettawa33 jobs
Riverwoods17 jobs
Gurnee21 jobs
Lake Bluff19 jobs
Round Lake16 jobs
Highland Park12 jobs
Bannockburn10 jobs
Long Grove9 jobs
Grayslake5 jobs
Antioch4 jobs
Zion3 jobs
Hawthorn Woods3 jobs
North Chicago

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Laid off or looking for work in Lake 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.