Featured Industry: Utilities The simple act of walking into a restroom, turning on the light, and washing your hands, uses the products of perhaps four different utilities. Electricity powers the light, water supply systems provide water for washing, wastewater treatment plants treat the sewage, and natural gas or electricity heats the water. The utilities industry includes companies and government agencies that generate, transmit, and distribute electrical power, distribute natural gas, treat and distribute fresh water, and treat wastewater.  Find out more...

Illinois Employers and Industries
Major industry sectors in Illinois include: machinery, food processing, electric equipment, chemical products, printing and publishing, fabricated metal products, transportation equipment, petroleum, and coal.

Fortune Top Illinois Employers
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

Sample Illinois STEM Employers
This list represents some of the larger employers, but of course those considering a career in STEM may also find employment in small firms and government agencies.

3M Corporation
Abbott Laboratories
Accenture
Allstate
Archer Daniels Midland
Argonne National Laboratory
BP
Boeing
Cabot Microelectronics
Caterpillar
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
IDEX Corporation
Illinois Tool Works
Integrys Energy Group
John Deere Worldwide
Kraft Foods
Laboratory for Advanced Computing
McDonald's
Motorola
Navistar International
New Brunswick Laboratory
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
RR Donnelley
Rush University Medical Center
Sara Lee
Smurfit-Stone Container
State Farm Insurance
Tenneco
Underwriters Laboratories
United Airlines
University of Chicago Medical Center
U.S. Cellular
W.W. Grainger
Walgreen
Wilson Sporting Goods