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Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
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Rockford 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
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Rockford — May 2021	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2022

Rockford, IL Economy at a Glance:

Rockford, IL

Data Series	Back Data	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	Aug 2022	Sept 2022	Oct 2022
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		160.1	162.1	166.6	164.2	159.8	(p)158.9
Employment(1)		146.8	151.5	155.7	153.1	150.3	(p)149.4
Unemployment(1)		13.3	10.6	10.8	11.1	9.5	(p)9.5
Unemployment Rate(2)		8.3	6.6	6.5	6.7	5.9	(p)5.9
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		145.8	146.5	146.9	146.7	146.0	(p)148.2
12-month % change		5.2	5.1	5.5	5.1	4.4	(p)5.5
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		5.7	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.0	(p)6.0
12-month % change		3.6	3.4	1.7	5.2	3.4	(p)5.3
Manufacturing(3)		28.6	28.7	29.0	28.9	29.0	(p)29.2
12-month % change		6.3	5.9	9.0	5.5	7.0	(p)8.1
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		31.3	31.8	31.6	31.6	31.5	(p)32.1
12-month % change		9.8	10.0	9.3	7.8	7.5	(p)8.1
Information(3)		1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	(p)1.4
12-month % change		16.7	16.7	16.7	7.7	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.6	(p)4.7
12-month % change		-2.1	-2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)2.2
Professional and Business Services(3)		13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.1	(p)13.3
12-month % change		3.1	3.1	0.8	0.8	0.8	(p)1.5
Education and Health Services(3)		24.1	24.0	24.2	24.4	24.6	(p)24.7
12-month % change		0.4	1.7	3.0	4.7	5.1	(p)3.8
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		14.0	13.9	14.2	14.0	12.3	(p)13.0
12-month % change		12.0	6.9	6.8	6.1	-4.7	(p)3.2
Other Services(3)		8.1	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.1	(p)8.2
12-month % change		6.6	5.1	5.1	5.1	3.8	(p)3.8
Government(3)		14.9	14.8	14.5	14.4	15.4	(p)15.6
12-month % change		-0.7	1.4	1.4	3.6	5.5	(p)6.1
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. (p) Preliminary