Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI : Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2008

4,472.0 4,468.8 4,489.0 4,536.0 4,575.8 4,594.8 4,567.3 4,565.4 4,541.3 4,532.6 4,513.9 4,488.5 4,528.8

2009

4,354.3 4,331.4 (P) 4,331.4                    

Mining & Logging

 

2008

1.9 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

2009

2.0 1.8 (P) 1.8                    

Construction

 

2008

188.4 184.9 190.0 202.0 209.9 213.3 215.1 215.9 212.6 209.2 201.3 188.7 202.6

2009

169.2 166.1 (P) 170.7                    

Manufacturing

 

2008

477.2 474.2 474.7 474.4 474.2 475.6 471.4 470.5 468.5 466.5 462.4 459.6 470.8

2009

453.0 444.4 (P) 438.6                    

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2008

931.4 918.0 920.5 919.8 926.3 929.5 922.5 921.9 915.9 915.7 929.4 932.6 923.6

2009

895.9 887.5 (P) 888.1                    

Information

 

2008

90.4 90.6 90.6 90.7 91.1 91.2 91.1 91.1 89.5 89.4 89.0 89.1 90.3

2009

88.2 87.5 (P) 87.2                    

Financial Activities

 

2008

318.7 318.6 318.6 318.6 319.1 320.9 318.6 318.0 314.0 312.8 312.3 312.2 316.9

2009

306.5 305.8 (P) 303.0                    

Professional & Business Services

 

2008

723.1 724.8 724.4 739.8 743.8 747.8 745.6 749.1 741.9 737.9 728.9 721.0 735.7

2009

695.1 686.9 (P) 683.5                    

Educational & Health Services

 

2008

596.8 602.4 603.2 606.3 607.1 604.5 601.7 602.4 609.8 618.2 617.3 618.0 607.3

2009

608.7 611.1 (P) 611.8                    

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2008

387.9 386.3 394.0 409.4 421.9 431.5 430.4 429.5 417.0 407.1 397.2 393.7 408.8

2009

378.2 376.1 (P) 381.3                    

Other Services

 

2008

196.5 197.2 198.4 198.6 200.3 202.6 208.1 207.8 199.9 199.5 199.3 199.2 200.6

2009

195.8 195.7 (P) 196.7                    

Government

 

2008

559.7 570.0 572.7 574.3 579.9 575.7 560.6 557.0 570.0 574.1 574.7 572.3 570.1

2009

561.7 568.5 (P) 568.7                    

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2008

(1) 4,940,463 (1) 4,926,292 (1) 4,926,581 (1) 4,924,243 (1) 4,940,454 (1) 5,009,441 (1) 5,007,992 (1) 4,933,724 (1) 4,879,747 (1) 4,866,048 (1) 4,865,441 (1) 4,854,657 (1) 4,922,923

2009

(2) 4,836,191 4,838,459 (P) 4,834,882                    

Employment

 

2008

(1) 4,650,486 (1) 4,645,870 (1) 4,648,503 (1) 4,660,003 (1) 4,640,940 (1) 4,671,676 (1) 4,668,625 (1) 4,607,292 (1) 4,579,504 (1) 4,566,389 (1) 4,552,792 (1) 4,508,802 (1) 4,616,740

2009

(2) 4,432,883 4,395,230 (P) 4,378,014                    

Unemployment

 

2008

(1) 289,977 (1) 280,422 (1) 278,078 (1) 264,240 (1) 299,514 (1) 337,765 (1) 339,367 (1) 326,432 (1) 300,243 (1) 299,659 (1) 312,649 (1) 345,855 (1) 306,183

2009

(2) 403,308 443,229 (P) 456,868                    

Unemployment Rate

 

2008

(1) 5.9 (1) 5.7 (1) 5.6 (1) 5.4 (1) 6.1 (1) 6.7 (1) 6.8 (1) 6.6 (1) 6.2 (1) 6.2 (1) 6.4 (1) 7.1 (1) 6.2

2009

(2) 8.3 9.2 (P) 9.4                    

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls.
(2) Corrected.
(P) Preliminary