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Economy at a Glance
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Midwest Region

Midwest Region - Monthly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2021		 Dec
2021		 Jan
2022		 Feb
2022		 Mar
2022		 Apr
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)34,496.0 (r)34,494.8 34,581.3 34,666.8 34,779.8 34,872.7

Employment(1)

 (r)33,116.9 (r)33,124.3 33,263.8 33,388.1 33,549.6 33,668.7

Unemployment(1)

 (r)1,379.1 (r)1,370.5 1,317.6 1,278.7 1,230.2 1,204.1

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)4.0 (r)4.0 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.5

Consumer Price Index

CPI-U, All items(3)

 258.911 259.609 261.657 263.988 267.312 268.639

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change

   7.3 7.5 7.9 8.0 8.6 8.2

CPI-W, All items(4)

 254.932 255.654 257.808 260.275 264.027 265.194

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change

   8.2 8.5 8.9 9.0 9.6 9.1

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) All Urban Consumers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(r) Revised
Midwest Region - Quarterly Data
Data Series Back
Data		 1st Qtr
2021		 2nd Qtr
2021		 3rd Qtr
2021		 4th Qtr
2021		 1st Qtr
2022

Employment Cost Index, Private Industry

Total Compensation(1)

 140.7 141.8 143.5 145.5 147.9

Compensation, 12-month % change

 2.3 3.1 3.8 4.6 5.1

Wages & Salaries(1)

 141.2 142.5 144.4 146.7 149.0

Wages & Salaries, 12-month % change

 2.2 3.3 4.1 5.1 5.5

Footnotes
(1) Private industry workers, Base: December 2005=100, quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: May 20, 2022

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Note: More data series, including additional geographic areas, are available through the "Databases & Tables" tab at the top of this page.

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

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