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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin > Chicago

Chicago

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Chicago Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jun 2023
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jun 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2023
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
Consumer Expenditures in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — 2020-21 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2022
Average Energy Prices, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — April 2023 Average energy prices News Release May 2023
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Dec 2020
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Mar 2023
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2022
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area – April 2023 Consumer price indexes News Release May 2023
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Chicago (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2020
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2022
Chicago Area Employment — February 2023 Employment News Release Apr 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lake County-Kenosha County — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — March 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gary — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Elgin — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Economy at a Glance:
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023		 Mar
2023		 Apr
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)4,954.5 (2)4,946.7 4,943.3 4,954.2 4,953.8 (p)4,942.7

Employment(1)

 (2)4,744.5 (2)4,741.8 4,710.8 4,738.1 4,740.9 (p)4,772.3

Unemployment(1)

 (2)210.0 (2)204.9 232.6 216.1 213.0 (p)170.4

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)4.2 (2)4.1 4.7 4.4 4.3 (p)3.4

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 4,789.0 4,771.6 4,667.7 4,674.2 4,693.5 (p)4,737.5

12-month % change

 2.8 2.1 2.6 2.1 1.6 (p)1.7

Mining and Logging(4)

 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 (p)1.5

12-month % change

 -6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.1 (p)0.0

Construction(4)

 187.5 176.8 163.9 162.1 167.8 (p)178.0

12-month % change

 2.6 0.7 3.5 1.9 0.9 (p)0.8

Manufacturing(4)

 409.7 410.9 407.7 408.7 407.8 (p)410.3

12-month % change

 1.9 1.8 2.2 1.6 0.8 (p)1.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 985.2 995.4 965.3 957.3 955.3 (p)954.8

12-month % change

 2.3 1.4 1.8 0.9 0.6 (p)0.3

Information(4)

 82.5 81.9 80.3 78.9 78.4 (p)78.5

12-month % change

 5.1 4.2 2.6 -0.1 -1.4 (p)-2.1

Financial Activities(4)

 316.7 315.1 313.0 312.5 314.7 (p)315.3

12-month % change

 -0.6 -1.1 -0.4 -0.6 -0.1 (p)0.1

Professional and Business Services(4)

 877.1 867.8 839.8 836.1 837.7 (p)852.3

12-month % change

 2.7 1.7 1.0 -0.6 -1.2 (p)-0.4

Education and Health Services(4)

 748.3 746.9 741.3 752.6 751.9 (p)756.7

12-month % change

 2.9 3.1 4.3 4.4 4.0 (p)4.1

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 460.8 457.1 445.9 447.3 456.7 (p)468.2

12-month % change

 9.6 8.2 10.5 10.0 9.0 (p)8.0

Other Services(4)

 195.5 193.6 192.9 194.2 195.3 (p)194.6

12-month % change

 4.2 2.8 3.8 3.6 3.4 (p)2.4

Government(4)

 524.2 524.6 516.2 523.1 526.4 (p)527.3

12-month % change

 0.6 0.2 -0.1 0.6 0.7 (p)0.7

Consumer Price Index: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

CPI-U, All items(5)

 276.861 274.577 276.982 277.978 280.279 282.423

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   6.8 5.5 5.4 5.0 4.4 4.8

CPI-W, All items(6)

 269.083 266.022 268.216 269.343 271.585 273.607

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

   6.8 5.2 5.1 4.8 3.9 4.4

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 21, 2023.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary