Workforce
Strategically located in the Chicago metropolitan region, Kankakee County, IL, has a total labor force of more than 367,000 within a 30-minute drive radius, 2.5 million within a 45-minute drive radius.
As of December 2020, Kankakee County’s Civilian Labor Force numbered 53,499, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Learn more.
Visit our Workforce Readiness page to learn more about local programs and successes.
Visit our Workforce Readiness page to learn more about local programs and successes.
CLICK IMAGE to download the Grundy Livingston Kankakee Workforce Board’s 2019 industrial wage survey, outlining median and average hourly earnings in manufacturing & TWDL sector occupational categories.
