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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 (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2023
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Feb 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2023
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
Consumer Price Index, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area – December 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2023
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
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
Gary, IN Economy at a Glance:
Gary, IN
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2022		 Aug
2022		 Sept
2022		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 341.4 337.7 330.2 332.6 334.9 (p)335.3

Employment(1)

 324.7 322.0 319.3 320.1 321.2 (p)322.1

Unemployment(1)

 16.7 15.7 10.9 12.5 13.7 (p)13.2

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.9 4.6 3.3 3.8 4.1 (p)3.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 267.5 270.1 271.4 272.8 274.2 (p)272.3

12-month % change

 1.9 2.2 2.5 2.2 1.7 (p)1.0

Mining and Logging(3)

 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 (p)0.2

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

 18.6 18.6 18.7 18.8 18.7 (p)17.9

12-month % change

 6.9 6.3 2.7 2.7 3.3 (p)3.5

Manufacturing(3)

 33.2 33.2 33.1 33.4 33.2 (p)33.4

12-month % change

 2.5 1.5 2.2 1.2 0.3 (p)0.6

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 58.3 58.6 58.0 58.7 59.8 (p)60.1

12-month % change

 0.2 1.0 1.6 1.9 1.0 (p)-0.2

Information(3)

 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 (p)1.8

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 (p)9.1

12-month % change

 -1.1 -1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 (p)2.2

Professional and Business Services(3)

 26.2 26.9 27.1 26.8 26.8 (p)27.0

12-month % change

 2.3 4.3 6.3 2.7 2.3 (p)5.5

Education and Health Services(3)

 48.6 48.2 49.3 49.5 50.0 (p)49.6

12-month % change

 4.1 2.3 4.4 3.6 4.0 (p)3.1

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 33.2 34.1 31.6 32.2 32.3 (p)31.4

12-month % change

 1.5 5.9 0.3 2.5 0.9 (p)-1.9

Other Services(3)

 10.5 10.4 10.3 10.3 10.3 (p)10.4

12-month % change

 1.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 (p)2.0

Government(3)

 27.9 29.1 32.3 32.1 32.1 (p)31.4

12-month % change

 0.0 -1.4 0.9 1.6 1.3 (p)-2.5

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 277.311 277.454 278.030 278.415 276.861 274.577

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

   8.4 8.3 8.2 7.7 6.8 5.5

CPI-W, All items(5)

 271.059 270.486 270.384 270.626 269.083 266.022

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

   9.0 8.8 8.4 7.7 6.8 5.2

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