2025 Compare Cities Job Market:
Glen Carbon, IL vs Murphysboro, IL

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Murphysboro has been positive.
- Murphysboro has 0.5% less unemployment than Glen Carbon.
- Murphysboro job growth has increased by 8.0% in the past 10 years.
 Glen Carbon, ILMurphysboro, ILUnited States
 Current Unemployment  Unlock5.9%6.0%
 Future Job Growth31.5%  Unlock33.5%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock-6.9%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth-5.2%  Unlock-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth  Unlock-7.2%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth-2.8%  Unlock6.3%
Reviews for Glen Carbon    2 Reviews

The weather is moderate. Lovely Fall, mild winter with occaisional snow. I own a shovel but the snow melts by the time I need to use it. Rather hot August. Thunderstorms  More

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Over 18 years ago

lots of students that come and  More

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Reviews for Murphysboro    5 Reviews

Over 4 years ago

We moved to Murphysboro, IL from unincorporated Hinsdale, Timberlake area and love it down here. I grew up in Burr Ridge my entire life. Murphysboro has so many outdoors  More

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I have worked here for two years as a school teacher. However, I do live in another community. I have come to appreciate and admire the strong community spirit and  More

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I've lived in this town for my whole life and there are some ups and downs for this town, like where some people lives are really hostile and stuff but other places in  More

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