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News Releases:
Aug
10
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area – July 2022

Prices in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were down 0.2 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Aug
10
Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region – July 2022

Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), declined 0.2 percent in July.

Aug
09
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — June 2022

Total compensation costs for private industry workers increased 5.3 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI, metropolitan area for the year ended June 2022.

Illinois Economy at a Glance:
Illinois
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 6,378.0 6,403.3 6,430.6 6,449.6 6,464.7 (p)6,462.3

Employment(1)

 6,060.4 6,094.9 6,131.5 6,153.3 6,167.1 (p)6,171.7

Unemployment(1)

 317.5 308.5 299.1 296.3 297.6 (p)290.6

Unemployment Rate(2)

 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 (p)4.5

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 5,951.0 5,976.1 5,993.3 5,999.7 6,013.1 (p)6,031.9

12-month % change

 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.3 (p)4.2

Mining and Logging(3)

 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 (p)6.5

12-month % change

 1.5 4.7 1.5 -1.5 -3.0 (p)-1.5

Construction(3)

 222.0 220.9 222.0 224.9 228.1 (p)230.1

12-month % change

 0.7 2.8 0.0 0.9 2.8 (p)3.6

Manufacturing(3)

 561.6 565.3 566.4 571.2 572.5 (p)573.7

12-month % change

 1.5 2.2 2.1 3.2 4.7 (p)3.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 1,211.6 1,223.1 1,220.0 1,215.9 1,215.8 (p)1,216.8

12-month % change

 2.6 3.8 3.4 3.7 3.6 (p)3.5

Information(3)

 90.1 91.4 92.5 92.5 93.3 (p)94.8

12-month % change

 4.5 5.4 6.2 6.1 5.7 (p)6.5

Financial Activities(3)

 407.4 406.0 409.8 407.5 407.6 (p)405.9

12-month % change

 0.3 -0.2 0.6 0.3 0.4 (p)0.0

Professional & Business Services(3)

 962.6 964.6 975.4 963.2 961.9 (p)965.0

12-month % change

 5.4 5.1 6.1 4.9 4.6 (p)5.6

Education & Health Services(3)

 904.0 908.4 909.9 914.0 916.2 (p)918.2

12-month % change

 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 1.4 (p)1.5

Leisure & Hospitality(3)

 547.3 552.9 556.5 564.7 572.9 (p)582.8

12-month % change

 29.4 21.4 18.7 17.8 17.9 (p)15.9

Other Services(3)

 245.1 245.1 244.8 246.4 245.9 (p)245.1

12-month % change

 4.7 3.9 3.2 3.8 3.9 (p)4.0

Government(3)

 792.7 791.7 789.4 792.9 792.4 (p)793.0

12-month % change

 3.0 3.1 2.6 2.2 2.4 (p)2.1

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary
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