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Lee County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Lee County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 13 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Lee County economy

  • 3.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.6% the month before

  • 14,808

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 34,058

    people in Lee County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $68,459

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 34%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Lee County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Lee 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 Lee 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. Donaldson2 open roles
  2. DONALDSON2 open roles
  3. UPM2 open roles
  4. Bickford Senior Living1 open role
  5. Corporate Services1 open role
  6. Denis Development1 open role
  7. Enterprise Medical Recruiting1 open role
  8. GEI Consultants1 open role
  9. GPAC1 open role
  10. OSF HealthCare1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Lee 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

  • BEST Inc. - Dixon Access Site

    Dixon · Affiliate · 815-288-1260

    Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

Cities in Lee County

Other Illinois counties

All of Illinois

Laid off or looking for work in Lee 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.