Whiteside County, IL jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Whiteside County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. Employers filed 1 layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 16 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Whiteside County economy

3.8%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.9% the month before
26,794
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
55,192
people in Whiteside County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$64,536
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Whiteside County layoffs

1
WARN layoff notices, last 12 months
83
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer

WARN notices filed in Whiteside County, newest first
Notice date	Employer	City or county	Workers	Type	Source
May 4, 2026	Vistra Corp.	Newton	83	Closure	State record

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Whiteside 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.

Pivotal Talent Search3 open roles
GPAC2 open roles
Castor Home Health Solutions1 open role
HALO1 open role
Horizon Health1 open role
Leggett & Platt1 open role
Leggett & Platt1 open role
Lovejoy Curtis1 open role
MacLean-Fogg1 open role
Masonicare Home Health And Hospice1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

NCI Works
Bureau, Carroll, Jo Daviess, La Salle, Lee, Ogle, Putnam, Whiteside

Cities in Whiteside County

Sterling13 jobs
Newton2 jobs

Other Illinois counties

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Laid off or looking for work in Whiteside 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.