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Chicago Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jul 2025
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest	Consumer price indexes	Table	Aug 2025
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2025
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — Fourth Quarter 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2025
Chicago Area Employment — November 2024	Employment	News Release	Jan 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Apr 2025
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — March 2025	Benefits, Pay	News Release	May 2025
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-Schaumburg, IL Economy at a Glance:

Chicago-Naperville-Schaumburg, IL

Data Series	Back Data	Jan 2025	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025	June 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		3,884.9	3,887.5	3,933.7	3,884.4	3,863.5	(p)3,907.5
Employment(1)		3,690.9	3,680.9	3,716.9	3,684.4	3,676.1	(p)3,713.4
Unemployment(1)		193.9	206.6	216.7	200.0	187.3	(p)194.1
Unemployment Rate(2)		5.0	5.3	5.5	5.1	4.8	(p)5.0
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		3,739.6	3,749.2	3,762.4	3,783.3	3,821.1	(p)3,863.9
12-month % change		0.5	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.5	(4)(p)0.7
Mining and Logging(3)		1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	(p)1.3
12-month % change		9.1	9.1	0.0	8.3	0.0	(p)0.0
Construction(3)		120.3	120.3	123.6	130.4	136.1	(p)143.3
12-month % change		-0.2	-0.2	-1.3	-1.0	0.1	(p)3.2
Manufacturing(3)		274.2	274.7	278.2	276.9	274.2	(p)278.3
12-month % change		-0.5	-0.6	-0.1	-0.4	-1.4	(p)-1.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		744.5	742.4	742.6	740.4	743.0	(p)747.5
12-month % change		-1.0	-0.2	-0.3	-0.5	-0.7	(p)-0.5
Information(3)		68.9	68.7	68.3	68.6	69.1	(p)69.5
12-month % change		-0.7	-0.7	-1.2	0.0	1.2	(p)1.2
Financial Activities(3)		274.2	274.1	274.6	275.3	276.8	(p)280.9
12-month % change		0.6	0.6	0.7	1.0	1.5	(p)1.4
Professional and Business Services(3)		666.4	669.9	667.8	672.6	681.9	(p)690.7
12-month % change		-2.1	-1.5	-2.3	-1.8	-0.9	(p)-0.5
Education and Health Services(3)		648.4	654.4	652.1	656.4	656.8	(p)653.3
12-month % change		3.3	2.6	1.6	2.0	1.9	(p)1.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		360.6	359.7	366.4	374.5	386.6	(p)399.0
12-month % change		2.7	2.2	1.7	2.1	1.7	(p)2.0
Other Services(3)		156.4	155.0	155.8	155.7	157.0	(p)158.5
12-month % change		2.2	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.4	(p)0.5
Government(3)		424.5	428.8	431.8	431.2	438.3	(p)441.6
12-month % change		1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.5	(4)(p)2.0
Consumer Price Index: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
CPI-U, All items(5)		298.213	298.457	299.831	299.983	301.650	302.442
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(5)		4.3	3.8	3.7	3.1	3.3	3.5
CPI-W, All items(6)		289.335	290.020	291.079	291.175	292.949	293.693
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)		4.3	3.9	3.5	2.9	3.0	3.3
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) Correction (5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted. (p) Preliminary