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Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $35.52 per hour in the South to $46.57 in the Northeast in December 2022.
Gasoline prices averaged $3.725 per gallon in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area in February 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.8 percent in January.
Data Series | Back Data |
Sept 2022 |
Oct 2022 |
Nov 2022 |
Dec 2022 |
Jan 2023 |
Feb 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
(r)6,455.2 | (r)6,456.6 | (r)6,462.5 | (r)6,469.5 | 6,470.3 | (p)6,474.5 | |
Employment(1) |
(r)6,158.8 | (r)6,156.5 | (r)6,163.6 | (r)6,172.3 | 6,175.9 | (p)6,184.6 | |
Unemployment(1) |
(r)296.4 | (r)300.0 | (r)298.9 | (r)297.3 | 294.4 | (p)289.9 | |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
(r)4.6 | (r)4.6 | (r)4.6 | (r)4.6 | 4.5 | (p)4.5 | |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
6,079.6 | 6,080.6 | 6,096.4 | 6,091.6 | 6,103.9 | (p)6,114.6 | |
12-month % change |
3.9 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.7 | (p)2.4 | |
Mining and Logging(3) |
7.1 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 | (p)7.1 | |
12-month % change |
7.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 5.8 | (p)1.4 | |
Construction(3) |
232.6 | 232.8 | 233.4 | 233.3 | 233.2 | (p)232.1 | |
12-month % change |
3.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 3.2 | (p)2.1 | |
Manufacturing(3) |
574.9 | 574.9 | 574.1 | 573.0 | 570.7 | (p)571.0 | |
12-month % change |
3.1 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.0 | (p)1.5 | |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
1,227.2 | 1,226.9 | 1,220.8 | 1,222.7 | 1,223.0 | (p)1,225.7 | |
12-month % change |
4.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.1 | (p)1.0 | |
Information(3) |
96.5 | 96.8 | 96.2 | 95.5 | 94.0 | (p)91.0 | |
12-month % change |
5.9 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.3 | (p)-2.7 | |
Financial Activities(3) |
404.7 | 404.2 | 404.9 | 403.4 | 402.9 | (p)402.3 | |
12-month % change |
0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | (p)0.2 | |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
984.4 | 973.4 | 978.2 | 973.1 | 973.6 | (p)970.6 | |
12-month % change |
5.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | (p)0.9 | |
Education & Health Services(3) |
940.0 | 941.6 | 946.5 | 951.1 | 955.2 | (p)957.6 | |
12-month % change |
3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.4 | (p)4.2 | |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
572.1 | 574.6 | 583.1 | 585.5 | 589.4 | (p)594.5 | |
12-month % change |
7.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 7.7 | (p)8.0 | |
Other Services(3) |
249.0 | 249.6 | 251.9 | 250.4 | 250.5 | (p)252.7 | |
12-month % change |
3.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | (p)3.5 | |
Government(3) |
791.1 | 798.8 | 800.3 | 796.4 | 804.1 | (p)810.0 | |
12-month % change |
0.9 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | (p)2.8 | |
Footnotes |