Elgin’s Workforce in 2025
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The Illinois Department of Employment Security finally released monthly employment numbers for Illinois municipalities, counties, and metropolitan districts for the remainder of 2025 through December. There was a government shutdown, October 2025 figures were not released, and some figures were never collected. Elgin’s economy continues to show resilience despite an increase in unemployment rates. The unemployment rate for Elgin went up from 4.6% in July to 7.3% in December. These numbers are positive despite uncertainty in federal government policy.
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 7.7% from a high of 10.1% a few months ago. The percentage of people in Kane County that are unemployed went up to 7.2%. The number of people unemployed in Cook County Elgin is 1,021, while in Kane County Elgin is 3,299.
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