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Jan

Chicago Area Employment — August 2019 TESTRUNNER

Total nonfarm employment for the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 4,830,400 in August 2019, up 47,500, or 1.0 percent, over the year.

Jan

Consumer Expenditures in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — 2023–24

Households in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, metropolitan area spent an average of $85,415 per year in 2023–24, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Jan

Consumer Expenditures in the Detroit Metropolitan Area — 2023–24

Households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, metropolitan area spent an average of $72,297 per year in 2023–24, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Jan

Consumer Expenditures in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area — 2023–24

Households in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, metropolitan area spent an average of $98,677 per year in 2023–24, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Jan

Business Employment Dynamics in Minnesota — First Quarter 2025

From December 2024 to March 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Minnesota were 139,190.

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