Jobs & workforce

A workplace center far larger than its resident base

Whole-municipality private-sector employment is kept distinct from ZIP-based workplace context and county-level unemployment.

2025 municipal private-sector jobs; 2023 ZIP context; 2020–2024 resident data; March 2026 LAUS

At a glance

Verified headline measures

Every value below is labeled with its geography, reference period, and official source.

Private-sector employment

41,951

Excludes employees not covered by unemployment insurance.

Oak Brook municipality2025

Source: Oak Brook Community Data Snapshot — June 2026

Private-sector jobs per household

Derived

13.70

41,951 private-sector jobs divided by 3,061 households, rounded to two decimals.

Oak Brook municipality jobs / Oak Brook households2025 jobs; 2020–2024 households

Source: Oak Brook Community Data Snapshot — June 2026

Workplace employment

37,633

ZIP Code 60523 and the Village of Oak Brook overlap substantially but are not coterminous. ZIP-based workplace totals must not be read as municipal totals.

ZIP Code 60523March 2023

Source: 2023 ZIP Code Business Patterns

Employer establishments

1,419

ZIP Code 60523 and the Village of Oak Brook overlap substantially but are not coterminous. ZIP-based workplace totals must not be read as municipal totals.

ZIP Code 605232023

Source: 2023 ZIP Code Business Patterns

Annual payroll

$3.63B

ZIP Code 60523 and the Village of Oak Brook overlap substantially but are not coterminous. ZIP-based workplace totals must not be read as municipal totals.

ZIP Code 605232023

Source: 2023 ZIP Code Business Patterns

Civilian labor-force participation

47.5%

Oak Brook village, age 16+2020–2024

Source: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates via QuickFacts

Unemployment rate

4.2%

This is a county indicator. IDES does not publish municipal LAUS estimates for Oak Brook.

DuPage CountyMarch 2026, not seasonally adjusted

Source: Chicago area unemployment rates — March 2026

Mean travel time to work

31.5 min

Oak Brook village workers age 16+2020–2024

Source: 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates via QuickFacts

Composition & context

What makes up the total

Largest workplace sectors by establishments

ZIP Code 605232023

Source: 2023 ZIP Code Business Patterns

Reading this page

ZIP Code 60523 and the Village of Oak Brook overlap substantially but are not coterminous. ZIP-based workplace totals must not be read as municipal totals.

The dashboard does not imply an Oak Brook unemployment rate: IDES municipal LAUS coverage begins at 25,000 population.