Midwest Region

Midwest Region - Monthly Data

Data Series	Back Data	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023	Feb 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(r)34,814.3	(r)34,803.0	(r)34,810.8	(r)34,824.6	34,834.6	34,872.8
Employment(1)		(r)33,566.8	(r)33,542.1	(r)33,554.6	(r)33,575.1	33,602.2	33,657.9
Unemployment(1)		(r)1,247.6	(r)1,260.9	(r)1,256.2	(r)1,249.5	1,232.4	1,214.9
Unemployment Rate(2)		(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	(r)3.6	3.5	3.5
Consumer Price Index
CPI-U, All items(3)		276.549	276.908	276.436	275.182	277.332	278.672
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change		8.1	7.4	6.8	6.0	6.0	5.6
CPI-W, All items(4)		272.912	273.192	272.595	270.656	273.020	274.024
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change		8.6	7.7	6.9	5.9	5.9	5.3
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	4th Qtr 2021	1st Qtr 2022	2nd Qtr 2022	3rd Qtr 2022	4th Qtr 2022
Employment Cost Index, Private Industry
Total Compensation(1)		145.5	147.9	149.9	151.8	152.8
Compensation, 12-month % change		4.6	5.1	5.7	5.8	5.0
Wages & Salaries(1)		146.7	149.0	151.0	153.0	154.0
Wages & Salaries, 12-month % change		5.1	5.5	6.0	6.0	5.0
Footnotes (1) Private industry workers, Base: December 2005=100, quarterly data, not seasonally adjusted.

Data extracted on: March 24, 2023

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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