Elgin's Labor Force

       The table below shows the number of people in Elgin’s labor force, the number of people that are employed and the number of people that are unemployed in the same months of 2024 and 2025. The percentage of Elginites that are unemployed in Cook Count fell to 4.2% from a high of 10.1% a few months ago. The percentage of people in Kane County that are unemployed went up slightly from 4.5% to 4.8% . The number of people unemployed in Cook County Elgin is 546, while in Kane County Elgin is 2,209.

                                                          * Illinois Department of Employment Security