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Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Chicago Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Dec 2022
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Dec 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest	Consumer price indexes	Table	Dec 2022
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Feb 2021
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas	Average energy prices	Table	Dec 2020
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area – October 2022	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Nov 2022
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2022	Employment, Pay	News Release	Oct 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2022
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — September 2022	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Nov 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gary — May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Elgin — May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2018

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Economy at a Glance:

Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL
Data Series	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	3,798.9	3,840.2	3,805.2	3,812.4	3,775.5	(p)3,781.7
Employment(1)	3,639.3	3,651.2	3,619.0	3,621.8	3,598.7	(p)3,613.9
Unemployment(1)	159.6	189.0	186.2	190.6	176.8	(p)167.8
Unemployment Rate(2)	4.2	4.9	4.9	5.0	4.7	(p)4.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	3,746.1	3,800.5	3,809.4	3,805.9	3,805.1	(p)3,833.2
12-month % change	4.9	5.0	4.8	4.8	4.7	(p)3.9
Mining and Logging(3)	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
12-month % change	7.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	(p)0.0
Construction(3)	135.9	142.8	143.7	143.3	142.4	(p)143.6
12-month % change	3.4	5.9	5.7	5.2	4.3	(p)5.3
Manufacturing(3)	277.1	278.8	283.2	280.1	279.9	(p)281.5
12-month % change	4.7	2.1	4.0	3.1	3.6	(p)5.2
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	749.2	755.5	758.3	761.4	758.9	(p)769.4
12-month % change	4.2	3.9	3.9	4.6	4.9	(p)4.5
Information(3)	71.5	72.8	72.2	71.4	71.5	(p)71.4
12-month % change	6.6	7.1	4.8	3.3	4.4	(p)4.1
Financial Activities(3)	270.7	272.4	276.3	276.4	276.7	(p)276.7
12-month % change	-0.2	-0.6	0.2	0.3	1.4	(p)-0.3
Professional and Business Services(3)	708.4	720.9	725.3	725.3	724.4	(p)733.2
12-month % change	5.0	5.8	5.7	5.4	5.3	(p)3.0
Education and Health Services(3)	602.3	599.3	592.4	592.7	603.9	(p)613.7
12-month % change	1.9	2.1	1.9	2.2	2.8	(p)3.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	362.2	383.8	390.6	390.4	372.7	(p)371.0
12-month % change	20.4	19.9	16.9	15.8	13.1	(p)11.1
Other Services(3)	154.8	156.7	155.8	156.7	155.7	(p)155.9
12-month % change	3.6	4.1	2.6	3.5	3.8	(p)1.6
Government(3)	412.6	416.1	410.2	406.8	417.6	(p)415.4
12-month % change	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.1	3.0	(p)1.9
Consumer Price Index: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
CPI-U, All items(4)	274.301	(r)277.780	(r)277.311	(r)277.454	(r)278.030	278.415
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)	8.0	(r)8.9	(r)8.4	(r)8.3	(r)8.2	7.7
CPI-W, All items(5)	267.450	(r)271.652	(r)271.059	(r)270.486	(r)270.384	270.626
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)	8.7	(r)9.7	(r)9.0	(r)8.8	(r)8.4	7.7
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. (4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary (r) Revised