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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Illinois, Wisconsin > Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI

Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI

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 Nov 2022
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Dec 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Dec 2022
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 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 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Third Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2022
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area – October 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2022
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Oct 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Aug 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Lake County-Kenosha County — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — September 2022 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gary — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Economy at a Glance:
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI
Data Series Back
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2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 457.9 471.3 481.1 473.6 463.3 (p)458.4

Employment(1)

 438.4 452.9 462.0 454.5 446.5 (p)441.6

Unemployment(1)

 19.5 18.5 19.1 19.1 16.8 (p)16.8

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.6 (p)3.7

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 419.9 429.4 429.1 427.3 425.1 (p)426.6

12-month % change

 2.6 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.7 (p)2.8

Mining and Logging(3)

 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 (p)0.1

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 15.6 16.2 16.1 16.2 16.0 (p)16.0

12-month % change

 4.7 4.5 3.9 4.5 3.9 (p)3.9

Manufacturing(3)

 63.4 64.1 64.1 63.8 63.9 (p)63.9

12-month % change

 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.2 3.6 (p)2.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 94.8 97.3 98.4 98.4 97.5 (p)98.0

12-month % change

 2.4 3.5 4.1 4.3 4.6 (p)3.3

Information(3)

 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 (p)2.7

12-month % change

 3.8 3.7 0.0 0.0 -3.6 (p)-3.6

Financial Activities(3)

 23.6 23.7 23.8 23.5 23.2 (p)23.2

12-month % change

 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -1.3 -1.3 (p)-1.7

Professional and Business Services(3)

 72.7 74.5 75.3 74.6 73.9 (p)73.4

12-month % change

 0.6 3.6 4.9 3.6 3.8 (p)1.7

Education and Health Services(3)

 47.3 47.2 47.2 48.4 48.7 (p)49.9

12-month % change

 4.2 4.4 4.9 8.5 8.9 (p)8.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 38.4 41.4 42.4 41.0 38.4 (p)38.2

12-month % change

 8.2 7.8 6.5 4.3 3.2 (p)4.1

Other Services(3)

 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.5 12.5 (p)12.6

12-month % change

 1.7 0.0 0.8 1.6 3.3 (p)3.3

Government(3)

 49.0 49.7 46.4 46.0 48.2 (p)48.6

12-month % change

 1.0 1.0 -1.1 1.1 0.0 (p)-0.4

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 274.301 (r)277.780 (r)277.311 (r)277.454 (r)278.030 278.415

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

   8.0 (r)8.9 (r)8.4 (r)8.3 (r)8.2 7.7

CPI-W, All items(5)

 267.450 (r)271.652 (r)271.059 (r)270.486 (r)270.384 270.626

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

   8.7 (r)9.7 (r)9.0 (r)8.8 (r)8.4 7.7

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
(r) Revised