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Mar
20
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions – December 2019
Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $30.48 per hour in the South to $39.37 in the West during December 2019.
Mar
19
Average Energy Prices, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — February 2020
Gasoline prices averaged $2.629 per gallon in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area in February 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Mar
11
Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region – February 2020
Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.3 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Illinois Economy at a Glance:
| Data Series | Back Data |
Sept 2019 |
Oct 2019 |
Nov 2019 |
Dec 2019 |
Jan 2020 |
Feb 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Civilian Labor Force(1) |
|
(r)6,439.7 | (r)6,435.5 | (r)6,433.2 | (r)6,433.0 | 6,417.2 | (p)6,398.8 |
Employment(1) |
|
(r)6,199.4 | (r)6,199.3 | (r)6,197.6 | (r)6,196.8 | 6,189.4 | (p)6,180.0 |
Unemployment(1) |
|
(r)240.3 | (r)236.2 | (r)235.6 | (r)236.2 | 227.8 | (p)218.8 |
Unemployment Rate(2) |
|
(r)3.7 | (r)3.7 | (r)3.7 | (r)3.7 | 3.5 | (p)3.4 |
Total Nonfarm(3) |
|
6,115.7 | 6,116.3 | 6,105.2 | 6,117.2 | 6,133.2 | (p)6,133.0 |
12-month % change |
|
0.1 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | (p)0.3 |
Mining and Logging(3) |
|
8.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.9 | (p)7.8 |
12-month % change |
|
3.8 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -2.5 | (p)-4.9 |
Construction(3) |
|
228.6 | 225.2 | 222.3 | 223.1 | 226.1 | (p)226.9 |
12-month % change |
|
0.8 | -0.5 | -1.6 | -1.6 | -0.9 | (p)0.7 |
Manufacturing(3) |
|
582.6 | 579.7 | 578.7 | 577.8 | 577.0 | (p)576.5 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.9 | -1.7 | -2.0 | -2.2 | -2.4 | (p)-2.5 |
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3) |
|
1,204.2 | 1,201.7 | 1,199.1 | 1,200.1 | 1,209.2 | (p)1,206.2 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.4 | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.5 | -0.2 | (p)0.0 |
Information(3) |
|
95.4 | 96.7 | 95.0 | 95.9 | 95.9 | (p)96.9 |
12-month % change |
|
0.5 | 1.6 | -0.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | (p)1.5 |
Financial Activities(3) |
|
412.0 | 412.9 | 413.4 | 413.9 | 413.1 | (p)413.9 |
12-month % change |
|
1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | (p)1.2 |
Professional & Business Services(3) |
|
945.0 | 940.7 | 936.5 | 936.5 | 937.9 | (p)937.4 |
12-month % change |
|
-0.7 | -0.7 | -1.4 | -1.1 | -1.2 | (p)-1.2 |
Education & Health Services(3) |
|
938.7 | 945.6 | 944.4 | 949.7 | 951.1 | (p)950.8 |
12-month % change |
|
0.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | (p)2.0 |
Leisure & Hospitality(3) |
|
619.9 | 620.9 | 619.8 | 624.4 | 624.3 | (p)624.7 |
12-month % change |
|
0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | (p)0.5 |
Other Services(3) |
|
254.7 | 255.3 | 256.3 | 257.0 | 258.4 | (p)257.7 |
12-month % change |
|
0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | (p)1.1 |
Government(3) |
|
826.3 | 829.4 | 831.5 | 830.7 | 832.3 | (p)834.2 |
12-month % change |
|
0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | (p)1.6 |
|
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