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Bureau of Labor Statistics > 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 2021
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2021
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
Consumer Expenditures for the Chicago Metropolitan Area: 2019-20 Consumer spending News Release Nov 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 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2021
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2021
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2021
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — October 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2021
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Chicago Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2020
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card - PDF Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2021
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2021
Chicago Area Employment — August 2021 Employment News Release Oct 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2021
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 Feb 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — September 2021 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2021
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		 May
2021		 June
2021		 July
2021		 Aug
2021		 Sept
2021		 Oct
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 4,702.7 4,811.2 4,785.9 4,730.9 4,699.5 (p)4,752.3

Employment(1)

 4,356.0 4,403.0 4,426.4 4,397.1 4,448.1 (p)4,510.4

Unemployment(1)

 346.7 408.2 359.5 333.8 251.4 (p)241.8

Unemployment Rate(2)

 7.4 8.5 7.5 7.1 5.3 (p)5.1

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 4,439.8 4,495.9 4,504.4 4,496.3 4,501.9 (p)4,560.0

12-month % change

 7.3 5.6 4.1 2.7 2.6 (p)3.1

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 (p)1.8

12-month % change

 -5.6 5.9 12.5 5.9 5.9 (p)5.9

Construction(3)

 173.4 178.5 182.0 180.6 179.3 (p)179.9

12-month % change

 4.9 2.7 3.9 2.5 2.8 (p)1.1

Manufacturing(3)

 390.8 395.0 396.2 399.7 398.0 (p)397.5

12-month % change

 0.8 -0.2 0.2 1.0 0.8 (p)0.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 917.9 928.1 928.7 927.7 930.1 (p)947.5

12-month % change

 9.2 5.1 2.6 1.8 2.3 (p)3.5

Information(3)

 70.3 70.8 70.8 70.3 70.5 (p)71.1

12-month % change

 -2.6 -1.9 -0.7 -2.0 -2.2 (p)-0.4

Financial Activities(3)

 314.9 317.4 316.7 317.2 313.7 (p)318.4

12-month % change

 1.4 1.6 0.5 0.3 -0.3 (p)0.7

Professional and Business Services(3)

 789.7 799.5 806.5 806.9 803.3 (p)825.0

12-month % change

 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.0 3.9 (p)4.7

Education and Health Services(3)

 703.8 696.8 697.8 692.2 700.7 (p)709.8

12-month % change

 5.2 3.2 3.3 1.4 1.3 (p)1.4

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 372.2 399.6 410.4 409.5 395.7 (p)398.6

12-month % change

 38.4 29.9 17.0 12.4 10.3 (p)11.5

Other Services(3)

 179.6 182.4 182.6 182.3 181.3 (p)184.3

12-month % change

 13.3 5.5 3.2 2.3 2.7 (p)4.7

Government(3)

 525.5 526.0 510.9 508.1 527.5 (p)526.1

12-month % change

 2.7 4.9 4.3 1.2 1.3 (p)0.3

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 253.934 254.974 255.929 256.078 256.881 258.621

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

   4.7 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.5 5.3

CPI-W, All items(5)

 245.943 247.637 248.622 248.640 249.336 251.201

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

   5.2 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.9

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