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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 Feb 2019
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the Chicago Metropolitan Area: 2016-17 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2018
Average Energy Prices, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — December 2018 Average energy prices News Release Jan 2019
Average Energy Prices for the U.S., regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Jan 2019
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2018
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2018
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2018
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — January 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Chicago Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card - PDF Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2019
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2018
Chicago Area Employment — November 2018 Employment News Release Jan 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
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 — December 2018 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 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		 Aug
2018		 Sept
2018		 Oct
2018		 Nov
2018		 Dec
2018		 Jan
2019

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 4,882.8 4,844.6 4,901.8 4,902.7 (p)4,857.9  

Employment(1)

 4,689.1 4,667.1 4,705.2 4,717.0 (p)4,664.4  

Unemployment(1)

 193.7 177.5 196.7 185.7 (p)193.5  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.0 3.7 4.0 3.8 (p)4.0  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 4,766.3 4,751.5 4,793.2 4,803.2 (p)4,789.3  

12-month % change

 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.9 (p)1.2  

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 (p)1.6  

12-month % change

 -5.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)6.7  

Construction(3)

 191.8 191.1 193.3 186.6 (p)175.5  

12-month % change

 4.9 4.4 5.9 4.0 (p)2.4  

Manufacturing(3)

 423.0 423.7 425.8 425.6 (p)426.3  

12-month % change

 1.6 2.1 2.3 1.6 (p)1.5  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 953.0 944.7 957.1 977.6 (p)987.0  

12-month % change

 0.4 -0.2 0.2 0.4 (p)0.7  

Information(3)

 74.9 74.2 75.7 75.1 (p)74.9  

12-month % change

 -5.8 -4.6 -2.8 -3.5 (p)-4.2  

Financial Activities(3)

 312.5 309.6 310.3 311.1 (p)310.3  

12-month % change

 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.2 (p)1.8  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 844.0 838.0 843.5 843.7 (p)831.9  

12-month % change

 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.4 (p)0.5  

Education and Health Services(3)

 720.5 726.2 738.5 743.0 (p)738.7  

12-month % change

 1.1 0.5 0.4 1.1 (p)1.6  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 507.5 490.2 486.8 476.2 (p)475.1  

12-month % change

 0.6 0.5 0.9 0.4 (p)1.6  

Other Services(3)

 194.5 191.7 191.8 191.8 (p)193.5  

12-month % change

 -1.6 -1.7 -1.7 -0.7 (p)-0.4  

Government(3)

 543.0 560.5 568.8 570.9 (p)574.5  

12-month % change

 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.9 (p)3.0  

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 238.098 238.957 238.892 237.511 236.796 238.218

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

   1.7 1.6 2.0 1.0 1.1 0.8

CPI-W, All items(5)

 230.087 230.882 230.836 228.942 227.944 229.004

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

   2.0 1.9 2.4 0.9 0.8 0.6

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