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Kankakee

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Chicago Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Feb 2025
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2025
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2024
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2024 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2024
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2024
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — December 2024 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gary — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Kankakee — May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2024
Kankakee, IL Economy at a Glance:
Kankakee, IL
Data Series Back
Data
Aug
2024
Sept
2024
Oct
2024
Nov
2024
Dec
2024
Jan
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

(2)52.3 (2)52.6 (2)52.4 (2)52.1 (2)52.4 (p)50.7

Employment(1)

(2)49.4 (2)50.0 (2)49.9 (2)49.6 (2)49.8 (p)47.5

Unemployment(1)

(2)2.9 (2)2.6 (2)2.5 (2)2.5 (2)2.6 (p)3.2

Unemployment Rate(3)

(2)5.6 (2)4.9 (2)4.7 (2)4.8 (2)4.9 (p)6.3

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

43.0 43.3 43.6 43.5 44.1 (p)42.1

12-month % change

0.2 0.2 0.9 1.4 2.8 (p)-0.5

Mining, Logging and Construction(4)

1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 (p)1.5

12-month % change

20.0 20.0 20.0 21.4 21.4 (p)0.0

Manufacturing(4)

6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 (p)6.7

12-month % change

-1.5 -1.5 -1.5 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

8.9 8.8 8.9 9.0 9.1 (p)8.8

12-month % change

-1.1 -3.3 -4.3 -4.3 -3.2 (p)-3.3

Information(4)

0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 (p)0.2

12-month % change

0.0 -33.3 -33.3 -33.3 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(4)

1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 (p)1.3

12-month % change

0.0 0.0 7.7 7.7 7.7 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(4)

3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 (p)3.4

12-month % change

-15.9 -11.9 -7.7 -5.3 0.0 (p)-2.9

Education and Health Services(4)

8.9 8.9 9.1 9.1 9.2 (p)8.9

12-month % change

3.5 3.5 7.1 7.1 7.0 (p)2.3

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 (p)3.8

12-month % change

5.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Other Services(4)

1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 (p)1.5

12-month % change

6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 (p)0.0

Government(4)

5.5 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.5 (p)6.0

12-month % change

1.9 5.2 3.3 3.3 6.6 (p)0.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary