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Gary, IN

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 Mar 2024
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2024
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2024
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2023
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2023
Chicago Area Employment — November 2023 Employment News Release Jan 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2023
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — December 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gary — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Gary, IN Economy at a Glance:
Gary, IN
Data Series Back
Data
Sept
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dec
2023
Jan
2024
Feb
2024

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

336.4 338.7 341.5 (p)336.4 (p)329.7  

Employment(1)

321.7 324.1 326.0 (p)322.4 (p)312.3  

Unemployment(1)

14.7 14.6 15.5 (p)14.0 (p)17.4  

Unemployment Rate(2)

4.4 4.3 4.5 (p)4.2 (p)5.3  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

282.4 284.4 284.8 283.7 (p)276.7  

12-month % change

1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2 (p)0.4  

Mining and Logging(3)

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 (p)0.1  

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0  

Construction(3)

17.8 18.1 17.6 17.0 (p)16.3  

12-month % change

-5.3 -4.7 -2.8 -0.6 (p)1.2  

Manufacturing(3)

34.3 34.4 34.4 34.3 (p)33.8  

12-month % change

0.9 -0.3 -0.3 -0.6 (p)-1.7  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

59.7 60.5 62.0 62.6 (p)60.2  

12-month % change

0.5 1.5 2.0 2.3 (p)1.2  

Information(3)

1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 (p)1.8  

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0  

Financial Activities(3)

9.3 9.4 9.4 9.3 (p)9.2  

12-month % change

3.3 2.2 3.3 2.2 (p)-1.1  

Professional and Business Services(3)

29.5 29.5 29.2 28.9 (p)28.5  

12-month % change

3.5 3.1 2.5 1.4 (p)1.8  

Education and Health Services(3)

49.3 49.9 50.2 50.0 (p)49.4  

12-month % change

2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 (p)1.9  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

33.0 33.4 32.8 32.2 (p)31.5  

12-month % change

0.0 1.8 0.3 -1.8 (p)-2.5  

Other Services(3)

14.3 14.2 14.3 14.2 (p)14.0  

12-month % change

5.1 2.9 3.6 2.9 (p)1.4  

Government(3)

33.2 33.1 33.0 33.3 (p)31.9  

12-month % change

2.5 2.2 1.5 1.8 (p)0.6  

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

284.375 285.211 283.859 283.760 286.022 287.394

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

  2.3 2.4 2.5 3.3 3.3 3.4

CPI-W, All items(5)

275.642 276.187 275.026 274.995 277.524 279.146

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

  1.9 2.1 2.2 3.4 3.5 3.6

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