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Stephenson County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Stephenson County’s unemployment rate is 3.9%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 12 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Stephenson County economy

  • 3.9%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.5% the month before

  • 21,123

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 44,042

    people in Stephenson County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $61,943

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 33%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Stephenson County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Stephenson 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 Stephenson 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. Honeywell International3 open roles
  2. CyberCoders1 open role
  3. Danfoss1 open role
  4. GPAC1 open role
  5. Honeywell1 open role
  6. Outset Medical1 open role
  7. RxCloud1 open role
  8. Savant Wealth Management1 open role
  9. Talento Search Group1 open role
  10. Titan Tire1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

  • The Workforce Connection

    Freeport · Affiliate · 815-315-1830

    Monday - Friday 8:00AM -5:00PM Closed between 12:00 -1:00

Cities in Stephenson County

Other Illinois counties

All of Illinois

Laid off or looking for work in Stephenson 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.