Richland County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Richland County’s unemployment rate is 3.4%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 3 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Richland County economy

3.4%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.1% the month before
7,404
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
15,675
people in Richland County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$60,404
median household income
Source: Census ACS
29%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Richland County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Richland 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 Richland 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.

GPAC2 open roles
Kemper CPA Group1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

Local Workforce Innovation Board 23
Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Fayette, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Moultrie, Richland

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Cities in Richland County

Olney3 jobs

Other Illinois counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Richland 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.