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Lake County, IL

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	Jul 2026
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2026
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest	Consumer price indexes	Table	Aug 2026
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card	Consumer price indexes	CPI Summary	Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2026
County Employment and Wages in Wisconsin — Fourth Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2026
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — Fourth Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2026
Chicago Area Employment — November 2024	Employment	News Release	Jan 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2026
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — June 2026	Benefits, Pay	News Release	Aug 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gary — May 2017	Employment, Pay	News Release	May 2018

Lake County, IL Economy at a Glance:

Lake County, IL
Data Series	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	362.6	361.8	364.1	356.8	356.0	(p)367.8
Employment(1)	339.9	339.5	342.2	340.8	340.8	(p)352.0
Unemployment(1)	22.6	22.3	22.0	16.0	15.2	(p)15.8
Unemployment Rate(2)	6.2	6.2	6.0	4.5	4.3	(p)4.3
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	334.4	334.3	335.5	340.0	344.8	(p)350.7
12-month % change	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.1	(p)0.3
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)	12.6	12.5	12.7	13.4	14.0	(p)14.6
12-month % change	8.6	8.7	5.8	3.9	2.9	(p)4.3
Manufacturing(3)	49.6	49.9	49.9	50.0	50.3	(p)50.6
12-month % change	-0.4	-0.2	-1.4	0.8	0.4	(p)1.4
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	71.8	70.9	70.7	70.8	71.0	(p)71.4
12-month % change	-2.0	-2.2	-2.9	-3.3	-3.4	(p)-2.9
Information(3)	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	(p)2.6
12-month % change	-3.7	-7.4	-3.8	0.0	0.0	(p)4.0
Financial Activities(3)	18.6	18.6	18.4	18.4	18.2	(p)18.1
12-month % change	-2.6	-2.6	-3.2	-2.6	-3.7	(p)-5.2
Professional and Business Services(3)	55.7	55.2	55.5	56.1	56.4	(p)57.3
12-month % change	3.3	1.1	2.8	-0.5	-2.3	(p)-2.2
Education and Health Services(3)	41.6	41.8	41.7	41.9	41.7	(p)42.0
12-month % change	3.2	3.2	2.7	2.9	2.7	(p)3.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	29.6	30.0	31.0	33.5	36.3	(p)38.7
12-month % change	-2.0	0.7	2.0	5.3	6.1	(p)6.0
Other Services(3)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	(p)11.7
12-month % change	1.8	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.9	(p)-0.8
Government(3)	40.8	41.4	41.6	41.7	42.7	(p)43.6
12-month % change	0.5	1.2	1.2	1.2	2.2	(p)1.2
Consumer Price Index: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
CPI-U, All items(4)	302.224	304.489	306.592	309.364	312.867	309.915
CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)	1.3	2.0	2.3	3.1	3.7	2.5
CPI-W, All items(5)	291.952	294.397	297.629	300.943	304.769	300.988
CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)	0.9	1.5	2.3	3.4	4.0	2.5
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