MogiIllinois Sees Surge in New Job Postings
New job postings in Illinois rose by sixty seven percent in the last twenty eight days.
By Adaeze Nwosu, Mogi Research · Oct 25, 2026
New job postings in Illinois saw a surge of sixty seven percent, with thirty one thousand nine hundred and five postings in the recent twenty eight day period compared to nineteen thousand one hundred and four before that. This increase contributed to a fifty six percent rise in total new job postings across the US.
California and Texas also experienced significant growth in new job postings. California added fifty three percent more postings, while Texas saw an increase of sixty eight percent. Florida posted the largest rise at eighty two percent.
The surge in Illinois may be linked to growth in roles such as Software Engineer, Product Manager, and Data Scientist. Top employers like Northwestern Medicine, Prime Healthcare, and Domino's also posted a high volume of jobs in the state.
The numbers
What are the top 5 states for new job postings overall?
| Name | Last 28 days | The 28 before | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 31,905 | 19,104 | +67% |
| California | 70,867 | 46,439 | +53% |
| Texas | 66,367 | 39,588 | +68% |
| Florida | 46,746 | 25,635 | +82% |
| New York | 38,681 | 31,195 | +24% |
Top roles: Software Engineer (124), Product Manager (60), Data Scientist (38)
Top employers: Northwestern Medicine (1,428), Prime Healthcare (593), Domino's (583)
Illinois jobs by city
Counts are job postings, not hires, from company career sites that Mogi's crawl found. Compares the 28 days to 2026-10-25 with the 28 days before them. Covers US, all states, all roles. Employers with fewer than five postings in the last eight weeks are grouped together and left out of the rankings. The company details come from the crawl's company profiles, where the crawl has one.
Written by Adaeze Nwosu of Mogi Research, with AI from the table above. Every figure in it comes from that table.
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