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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Midwest > Indiana > Gary, IN

Gary, IN

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Chicago Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2022
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2022
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2021
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area – December 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2022
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card - PDF Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2021
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2021
Chicago Area Employment — November 2021 Employment News Release Jan 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — September 2021 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Gary — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018

Gary, IN Economy at a Glance:

Gary, IN
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2021		 Aug
2021		 Sept
2021		 Oct
2021		 Nov
2021		 Dec
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 333.5 328.2 322.2 322.9 (p)322.4  

Employment(1)

 310.1 308.9 308.9 310.9 (p)312.2  

Unemployment(1)

 23.4 19.3 13.3 12.0 (p)10.3  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 7.0 5.9 4.1 3.7 (p)3.2  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 257.2 259.4 260.0 262.7 (p)263.7  

12-month % change

 2.9 1.1 0.8 1.2 (p)1.5  

Mining and Logging(3)

 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 (p)0.2  

12-month % change

 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 (p)0.0  

Construction(3)

 14.4 15.1 14.5 14.7 (p)14.7  

12-month % change

 -2.0 -1.3 -6.5 -9.8 (p)-9.3  

Manufacturing(3)

 34.1 33.8 33.6 34.4 (p)34.5  

12-month % change

 5.6 4.0 3.4 5.5 (p)5.5  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 57.9 58.2 57.7 58.4 (p)59.8  

12-month % change

 1.4 1.4 0.7 0.7 (p)2.2  

Information(3)

 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 (p)1.7  

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0  

Financial Activities(3)

 8.6 8.6 8.5 8.5 (p)8.5  

12-month % change

 -1.1 -1.1 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 23.8 24.0 23.9 24.5 (p)24.2  

12-month % change

 2.1 0.4 0.8 0.4 (p)-0.8  

Education and Health Services(3)

 46.6 46.7 47.5 48.2 (p)47.8  

12-month % change

 1.3 -0.4 0.8 2.8 (p)3.2  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 31.8 31.6 30.9 30.8 (p)30.7  

12-month % change

 9.3 5.7 3.7 3.4 (p)4.8  

Other Services(3)

 10.3 10.2 10.0 10.0 (p)10.0  

12-month % change

 4.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 (p)2.0  

Government(3)

 27.8 29.3 31.5 31.3 (p)31.6  

12-month % change

 2.6 -3.0 -1.6 -0.9 (p)-2.2  

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 255.929 256.078 256.881 258.621 259.254 260.368

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

   4.9 4.8 4.5 5.3 6.0 6.6

CPI-W, All items(5)

 248.622 248.640 249.336 251.201 251.935 252.961

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

   5.5 5.2 5.0 5.9 6.6 7.1

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.
(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