Morgan County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs
Morgan County economy
3.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.2% the month before
14,886
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
32,621
people in Morgan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$65,175
median household income
Source: Census ACS
31%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Morgan County layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming Morgan County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Employers hiring most in Morgan 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.
- Reynolds Consumer Products8 open roles
- Davita1 open role
- Direct Staffing1 open role
- Montgomery / Prince George's FCA1 open role
Colleges in Morgan County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois College | Jacksonville | Private nonprofit 4-year | Under 1,000 |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Morgan County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- West Central Development Council, Inc.
Greene, Macoupin, Montgomery, Morgan, Scott, Shelby
The Job Center - Jacksonville
Jacksonville · Affiliate
Monday-Friday 7:30AM- 4:30PM
Cities in Morgan County
- Jacksonville11 jobs
Other Illinois counties
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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.