Illinois Unemployment Offices
Where to go in person in Illinois: 82 American Job Centers in 75 cities. Staff there help with finding work, training and your next steps. Pick your city for addresses, phones and hours.
✓ From the U.S. Department of Labor's list ✓ Address, phone and hours
About your claim
Claimant Services Center: your claim, certification and payment, ILogin, appeals
Call (800) 244-5631Jobareer is not the state. This is IDES's number, from its own website.
Offices by city
Albion · Batavia · Beardstown · Belleville · Belvidere · Bradley · Canton · Carlinville · Carlyle · Carmi · Carterville · Centralia (2) · Champaign · Chester · Chicago (6) · Chicago Heights · Danville · Decatur · Dekalb · Dixon · Effingham · Elgin · Elizabethtown · Eureka · Fairfield · Freeport · Havana · Henry · Jacksonville · Jerseyville · Joliet (2) · Lawrenceville · Lincoln · Lisle · Litchfield · Macomb · Marion · Mattoon · Maywood · Mcleansboro · Metropolis · Monticello · Morris · Mt. Carmel · Mt. Sterling · Nashville · Normal · North Riverside · Olney · Paxton · Pekin · Peoria · Petersburg · Pittsfield · Pontiac · Princeton · Quincy · Robinson · Rock Island · Rockford · Rushville · Shelbyville · South Holland · Springfield · Taylorville · Tuscola · Vandalia · Waterloo · Watseka · Waukegan · Wheeling Illinois · Wood River · Woodstock · Wyoming · Yorkville
Can I file for unemployment at these offices?
These are American Job Centers, a network funded by the U.S. Department of Labor and run locally. Whether you can file or fix a claim there depends on the state. Here is what IDES says about filing:
"File your claim online, or at an IDES office, during the first week after you become unemployed. You must also register with IllinoisJobLink.com."
From the agency's own page, read October 14, 2026. File a claim on the agency's site.
More about unemployment in Illinois
Illinois unemployment: how to file, the weekly claim, how much it pays and the weekly job search. Every phone number.
Where this comes from
The centers are from the U.S. Department of Labor's American Job Center finder (CareerOneStop), which we read every week. Jobareer is not part of any state agency and cannot see or change your claim.