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

  

2007

 4,451.7 4,450.3 4,489.7 4,532.6 4,580.2 4,615.7 4,591.3 4,593.6 4,587.8 4,588.5 4,595.6 4,596.7 4,556.2

2008

 4,479.6 4,480.8 4,505.8 4,545.2 4,585.3 4,612.7 4,593.4 4,585.0 (P) 4,587.3        

Natural Resources & Mining

  

2007

 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4

2008

 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 (P) 2.5        

Construction

  

2007

 196.5 188.5 199.5 212.2 220.8 227.0 226.8 226.5 224.7 222.1 218.2 210.0 214.4

2008

 194.4 188.7 195.3 205.8 213.5 217.7 218.4 218.4 (P) 215.9        

Manufacturing

  

2007

 483.6 483.3 484.0 483.9 483.7 487.1 483.3 483.0 482.8 481.9 481.2 482.4 483.4

2008

 480.2 478.9 479.6 478.9 478.8 480.3 477.8 477.2 (P) 476.1        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2007

 923.8 911.9 918.2 916.2 926.6 933.9 928.5 928.9 927.8 931.6 949.6 961.0 929.8

2008

 929.6 921.1 925.5 926.8 935.2 939.5 935.5 933.5 (P) 931.8        

Information

  

2007

 90.2 90.5 90.2 90.6 90.8 91.6 91.6 91.7 91.2 91.1 91.0 91.2 91.0

2008

 90.6 91.1 91.3 91.2 91.1 91.5 91.2 90.9 (P) 90.2        

Financial Activities

  

2007

 329.8 329.4 329.3 329.7 330.6 333.3 332.5 331.2 327.5 327.4 327.9 328.5 329.8

2008

 325.6 325.3 325.4 325.0 325.0 327.1 326.9 326.6 (P) 324.1        

Professional & Business Services

  

2007

 711.3 713.9 721.0 740.2 746.0 754.3 752.2 757.8 753.7 755.8 752.0 750.1 742.4

2008

 720.7 722.3 724.8 740.9 749.1 758.5 757.3 759.5 (P) 759.8        

Educational & Health Services

  

2007

 578.7 586.1 588.8 589.4 591.8 588.6 585.5 584.4 592.7 597.4 599.6 600.0 590.3

2008

 593.5 597.6 599.3 601.1 601.6 597.4 593.2 593.3 (P) 600.4        

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2007

 382.9 381.1 387.7 400.5 415.6 425.8 424.9 426.2 416.5 407.2 401.5 399.5 405.8

2008

 384.3 385.3 390.1 402.0 413.8 424.3 425.4 426.0 (P) 418.0        

Other Services

  

2007

 194.6 194.4 196.9 196.2 198.1 200.9 205.1 205.2 198.5 198.6 198.1 199.0 198.8

2008

 196.5 196.4 197.1 196.9 197.0 200.6 204.2 203.7 (P) 199.6        

Government

  

2007

 557.7 568.5 571.1 570.9 573.1 570.3 557.9 555.6 569.5 572.5 573.6 572.6 567.8

2008

 562.0 571.9 575.2 574.3 577.7 573.3 561.0 553.4 (P) 568.9        

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

  

2007

 4,863,485 4,865,429 4,863,722 4,860,505 4,865,605 4,969,616 4,983,924 4,910,914 4,896,147 4,894,596 4,929,881 4,918,859 4,901,891

2008

 4,951,048 4,959,922 4,960,907 4,965,243 4,993,603 5,052,796 5,032,921 4,960,302 (P) 4,900,791        

Employment

  

2007

 4,617,385 4,625,436 4,643,076 4,633,137 4,642,250 4,706,843 4,721,131 4,665,426 4,664,383 4,671,648 4,701,085 4,674,143 4,663,829

2008

 4,664,187 4,675,676 4,684,785 4,702,397 4,680,671 4,695,017 4,667,077 4,610,818 (P) 4,592,457        

Unemployment

  

2007

 246,100 239,993 220,646 227,368 223,355 262,773 262,793 245,488 231,764 222,948 228,796 244,716 238,062

2008

 286,861 284,246 276,122 262,846 312,932 357,779 365,844 349,484 (P) 308,334        

Unemployment Rate

  

2007

 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.7 4.6 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.6 5.0 4.9

2008

 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.3 6.3 7.1 7.3 7.0 (P) 6.3        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary