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Piatt County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Piatt County’s unemployment rate is 3.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Piatt County economy

  • 3.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 8,373

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 16,702

    people in Piatt County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $87,516

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 39%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Piatt County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Piatt 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 Piatt 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. First State Bank and Trust2 open roles
  2. Priority Life Care1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • Illinois workNet Center - Piatt County

    Monticello · Affiliate · 217-850-0803

    Monday - Thursday 9am - 12pm

Cities in Piatt County

Other Illinois counties

All of Illinois

Laid off or looking for work in Piatt 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.