Peoria County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Peoria County’s unemployment rate is 4.5%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 178 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Peoria County economy

4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.4% the month before
83,732
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
179,831
people in Peoria County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,938
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Peoria County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Peoria 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 Peoria 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.

Caterpillar25 open roles
OSF HealthCare20 open roles
OSF HealthCare14 open roles
Komatsu8 open roles
Nexstar Media Group7 open roles
ITC4 open roles
Kasmo Global4 open roles
Air National Guard Units3 open roles
Diversified Services Network3 open roles
Legends / ASM Global3 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in Peoria County

Osf Healthcare System20,001–100,000 employees

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

Colleges in Peoria County

Colleges in Peoria County
College	City	Type	Students
Bradley University	Peoria	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999
Methodist College	Peoria	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing	Peoria	Private nonprofit 4-year	Under 1,000

Workforce development and job centers

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

Career Link
Fulton, Marshall, Mason, McLean, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford

Career Link - Peoria County
Peoria · Comprehensive · 309-321-0250
Monday thru Friday 8:30-17:00

Cities in Peoria County

Peoria154 jobs
Mossville17 jobs
Chillicothe3 jobs
Mapleton3 jobs

Other Illinois counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Peoria 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.