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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 Oct 2018
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2018
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2018
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the Chicago Metropolitan Area: 2015-16 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2017
Average Energy Prices, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — August 2018 Average energy prices News Release Sep 2018
Average Energy Prices for the U.S., regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Sep 2018
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 Oct 2017
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — September 2018 Consumer price indexes News Release Oct 2018
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Chicago Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2018
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card - PDF Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Oct 2018
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2018
Chicago Area Employment — August 2018 Employment News Release Oct 2018
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 Feb 2018
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — June 2018 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2018
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
Women’s Earnings In Indiana — 2016 Pay News Release Sep 2017

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Economy at a Glance:

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
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2018

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 4,839.9 4,854.1 4,951.2 4,957.8 (p)4,883.7  

Employment(1)

 4,666.1 4,689.7 4,735.7 4,753.8 (p)4,689.8  

Unemployment(1)

 173.8 164.4 215.5 204.0 (p)193.8  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.6 3.4 4.4 4.1 (p)4.0  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 4,695.1 4,750.8 4,800.9 4,777.4 4,766.3 (p)4,759.1

12-month % change

 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.9 (p)0.7

Mining and Logging(3)

 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 (p)1.6

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 -5.9 0.0 -5.9 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 173.8 183.7 189.9 193.2 191.8 (p)191.8

12-month % change

 3.2 3.9 5.1 6.0 4.9 (p)4.8

Manufacturing(3)

 419.6 421.7 425.7 425.8 423.0 (p)423.5

12-month % change

 1.3 1.5 1.5 2.0 1.6 (p)2.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 944.9 952.4 954.5 952.3 953.0 (p)946.3

12-month % change

 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.4 (p)0.0

Information(3)

 75.6 76.1 75.7 75.3 74.9 (p)74.1

12-month % change

 -4.8 -5.0 -5.6 -4.6 -5.8 (p)-4.8

Financial Activities(3)

 305.6 307.9 312.3 313.5 312.5 (p)309.2

12-month % change

 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.3 (p)1.3

Professional and Business Services(3)

 813.7 823.0 840.8 844.0 844.0 (p)839.0

12-month % change

 -0.3 -0.2 0.3 1.2 0.7 (p)0.3

Education and Health Services(3)

 736.5 737.8 729.4 719.0 720.5 (p)730.3

12-month % change

 1.2 1.2 1.5 0.9 1.1 (p)1.0

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 474.3 489.7 508.9 509.8 507.5 (p)491.1

12-month % change

 -0.2 -0.5 0.8 1.4 0.6 (p)0.7

Other Services(3)

 193.5 195.0 197.1 196.3 194.5 (p)192.0

12-month % change

 -0.8 -0.6 -0.6 -0.8 -1.6 (p)-1.6

Government(3)

 556.0 561.9 565.0 546.6 543.0 (p)560.2

12-month % change

 1.6 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.6 (p)1.4

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 237.940 238.910 238.540 237.870 238.098 238.957

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

   2.1 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.6

CPI-W, All items(5)

 229.533 230.648 230.393 229.810 230.087 230.882

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

   2.1 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.9

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