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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
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Bloomington, IL, Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Mar 2023
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Mar 2023
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Bloomington, IL — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2022

Bloomington, IL Economy at a Glance:

Bloomington, IL

Data Series	Back Data	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022	Nov 2022	Dec 2022	Jan 2023
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		96.2	95.7	95.7	96.0	(p)94.6	(p)93.9
Employment(1)		92.4	92.5	92.4	92.8	(p)91.7	(p)90.5
Unemployment(1)		3.7	3.2	3.3	3.2	(p)2.9	(p)3.4
Unemployment Rate(2)		3.9	3.4	3.5	3.4	(p)3.1	(p)3.7
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		95.5	97.1	98.6	99.1	98.1	(p)95.4
12-month % change		5.8	5.9	5.9	5.4	6.1	(p)3.1
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	2.9	(p)2.8
12-month % change		3.3	-8.8	6.9	6.9	3.6	(p)12.0
Manufacturing(3)		9.4	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	(p)9.8
12-month % change		64.9	64.4	53.1	44.1	38.0	(p)32.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		14.1	14.3	14.6	14.7	14.9	(p)14.5
12-month % change		1.4	2.9	2.8	2.1	3.5	(p)4.3
Information(3)		0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	(p)0.4
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)-20.0
Financial Activities(3)		19.6	19.7	19.9	19.8	19.8	(p)19.7
12-month % change		-1.0	1.0	2.1	0.0	1.0	(p)0.5
Professional and Business Services(3)		9.7	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.6	(p)9.5
12-month % change		10.2	11.6	5.4	5.4	6.7	(p)-4.0
Education and Health Services(3)		10.7	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.2	(p)11.2
12-month % change		0.9	3.8	4.7	5.7	5.7	(p)4.7
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		10.2	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.2	(p)10.1
12-month % change		4.1	4.0	3.0	6.1	5.2	(p)8.6
Other Services(3)		3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	(p)3.6
12-month % change		9.1	9.1	5.9	5.9	2.9	(p)9.1
Government(3)		14.6	15.3	16.0	16.3	15.7	(p)13.8
12-month % change		-2.0	-5.0	-2.4	-1.8	1.9	(p)-10.4
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary