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Montgomery County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Montgomery County’s unemployment rate is 3.7%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 4 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Montgomery County economy

  • 3.7%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.7% the month before

  • 11,935

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 28,078

    people in Montgomery County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $61,863

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 29%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Montgomery County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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. Curaleaf Holdings2 open roles
  2. Illinois Tool Works2 open roles

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • The Job Center- Litchfield, An Illinois workNet Center

    Litchfield · Affiliate · 217-335-7526

    Monday - Friday 8:00am -4:30pm (Closed for Lunch)

Cities in Montgomery County

Other Illinois counties

All of Illinois

Laid off or looking for work in Montgomery 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.