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

Total Nonfarm

  

2011

 4,182.7 4,188.9 4,220.4 4,278.3 4,313.0 4,341.6 4,319.7 4,315.2 4,318.2 4,343.2 4,346.0 4,329.3 4,291.4

2012

 4,224.1 4,229.7 4,262.1 4,311.0 4,342.3 4,376.0 4,350.7 (P) 4,354.0          

Mining & Logging

  

2011

 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4

2012

 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 (P) 1.7          

Construction

  

2011

 125.8 124.1 130.4 142.2 149.8 153.8 156.5 156.6 152.6 153.6 149.7 139.3 144.5

2012

 121.9 120.1 125.9 136.4 141.2 148.4 152.0 (P) 155.4          

Manufacturing

  

2011

 406.2 406.4 408.7 411.0 411.9 414.3 413.6 413.2 412.2 410.1 413.0 413.6 411.2

2012

 411.5 412.9 416.3 416.9 419.0 424.2 425.7 (P) 424.8          

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

  

2011

 857.4 849.3 852.3 860.4 866.3 872.8 866.1 865.5 867.5 873.0 886.7 894.3 867.6

2012

 859.6 847.0 850.9 856.9 861.6 866.2 861.7 (P) 861.0          

Information

  

2011

 79.5 79.2 79.0 79.2 79.3 79.8 79.8 79.7 78.8 79.4 79.1 79.3 79.3

2012

 78.6 78.0 78.2 78.0 77.9 78.4 78.6 (P) 77.9          

Financial Activities

  

2011

 283.1 282.8 282.6 283.1 283.5 285.9 286.5 284.9 281.9 283.0 282.0 283.4 283.6

2012

 283.2 282.7 282.1 282.4 284.3 286.9 287.6 (P) 286.3          

Professional & Business Services

  

2011

 675.0 678.6 682.8 702.1 703.2 713.8 715.1 720.7 719.4 728.8 722.2 714.9 706.4

2012

 695.4 698.6 708.3 726.1 730.4 739.6 742.2 (P) 747.4          

Educational & Health Services

  

2011

 643.0 648.4 651.7 651.1 651.3 648.3 643.9 643.7 650.6 661.5 663.4 662.7 651.6

2012

 653.2 660.9 660.9 661.2 659.9 652.8 645.1 (P) 648.0          

Leisure & Hospitality

  

2011

 375.5 374.7 383.6 398.2 410.4 421.0 420.0 420.4 411.4 403.2 398.6 394.8 401.0

2012

 384.5 383.9 392.9 405.4 416.7 431.2 430.6 (P) 430.7          

Other Services

  

2011

 186.2 186.7 188.3 189.2 191.0 193.2 194.0 194.0 191.3 190.7 190.5 191.7 190.6

2012

 190.1 190.7 190.4 189.8 191.2 193.7 192.2 (P) 192.4          

Government

  

2011

 549.7 557.5 559.6 560.4 564.8 557.2 542.7 535.0 551.0 558.4 559.3 553.8 554.1

2012

 544.7 553.5 554.7 556.3 558.5 553.0 533.3 (P) 528.4          

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

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

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

Labor Force

  

2011

 (1) 4,771,807 (1) 4,777,437 (1) 4,792,590 (1) 4,797,393 (1) 4,820,142 (1) 4,899,980 (1) 4,903,338 (1) 4,864,957 (1) 4,844,123 (1) 4,837,265 (1) 4,842,343 (1) 4,825,950 (1) 4,831,443

2012

 4,806,044 4,834,912 4,826,820 4,838,714 4,846,105 4,935,561 (P) 4,930,308            

Employment

  

2011

 (1) 4,296,523 (1) 4,313,983 (1) 4,336,532 (1) 4,347,133 (1) 4,344,674 (1) 4,379,546 (1) 4,384,338 (1) 4,361,424 (1) 4,364,234 (1) 4,370,158 (1) 4,389,869 (1) 4,378,790 (1) 4,355,600

2012

 4,343,035 4,397,587 4,391,264 4,409,890 4,432,576 4,475,444 (P) 4,479,281            

Unemployment

  

2011

 (1) 475,284 (1) 463,454 (1) 456,058 (1) 450,260 (1) 475,468 (1) 520,434 (1) 519,000 (1) 503,533 (1) 479,889 (1) 467,107 (1) 452,474 (1) 447,160 (1) 475,843

2012

 463,009 437,325 435,556 428,824 413,529 460,117 (P) 451,027            

Unemployment Rate

  

2011

 (1) 10.0 (1) 9.7 (1) 9.5 (1) 9.4 (1) 9.9 (1) 10.6 (1) 10.6 (1) 10.4 (1) 9.9 (1) 9.7 (1) 9.3 (1) 9.3 (1) 9.8

2012

 9.6 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.5 9.3 (P) 9.1            

Footnotes
(1) Reflects revised inputs, reestimation, and controlling to new statewide totals.
(P) Preliminary