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Geographic Information > Midwest > Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin > Chicago

Chicago

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Chicago Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Dec 2019
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2019
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2019
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the Chicago Metropolitan Area: 2017–18 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2019
Average Energy Prices, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — October 2019 Average energy prices News Release Nov 2019
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Nov 2019
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2019
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2018 Employment, Pay News Release May 2019
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — November 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Dec 2019
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Chicago Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2019
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card - PDF Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Dec 2019
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2019
Chicago Area Employment — August 2019 Employment News Release Oct 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lake County-Kenosha County — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Midwest Economy - Safety and Health Statistics Workplace injuries and illnesses Table Jan 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2019
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-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Economy at a Glance:

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
Data Series Back
Data		 June
2019		 July
2019		 Aug
2019		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 4,977.8 4,979.0 4,935.9 4,870.6 (p)4,865.7  

Employment(1)

 4,778.4 4,774.8 4,755.0 4,707.3 (p)4,696.7  

Unemployment(1)

 199.4 204.1 180.8 163.3 (p)168.9  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.0 4.1 3.7 3.4 (p)3.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 4,873.1 4,848.5 4,832.4 4,821.1 (p)4,841.9  

12-month % change

 1.7 1.4 1.0 1.0 (p)0.7  

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 (p)1.7  

12-month % change

 0.0 -5.9 -5.9 0.0 (p)6.3  

Construction(3)

 189.7 192.3 191.2 189.1 (p)189.4  

12-month % change

 0.2 1.6 0.8 -0.1 (p)-0.9  

Manufacturing(3)

 430.2 429.6 428.3 426.0 (p)425.8  

12-month % change

 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.0 (p)0.4  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 962.4 959.3 959.9 955.1 (p)962.2  

12-month % change

 1.1 0.8 1.0 1.1 (p)0.5  

Information(3)

 74.5 74.2 74.0 73.5 (p)74.4  

12-month % change

 -4.1 -6.1 -6.1 -4.5 (p)-3.9  

Financial Activities(3)

 317.0 318.5 316.9 313.9 (p)315.9  

12-month % change

 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.6 (p)0.8  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 859.7 861.6 859.3 857.9 (p)862.3  

12-month % change

 2.4 1.5 0.6 0.6 (p)0.3  

Education and Health Services(3)

 746.6 739.0 740.9 745.4 (p)757.4  

12-month % change

 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.1 (p)1.9  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 531.4 532.2 522.0 505.5 (p)503.8  

12-month % change

 3.6 4.0 1.8 2.2 (p)2.6  

Other Services(3)

 201.2 199.6 201.0 198.7 (p)198.7  

12-month % change

 0.1 -0.7 0.4 0.7 (p)0.3  

Government(3)

 558.7 540.6 537.3 554.4 (p)550.3  

12-month % change

 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 (p)0.1  

Consumer Price Index: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

CPI-U, All items(4)

 240.835 241.589 241.985 242.393 243.236 242.661

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   1.0 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.8 2.2

CPI-W, All items(5)

 232.543 233.486 233.746 233.881 234.696 233.945

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   0.9 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.7 2.2

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