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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 Sep 2023
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2023
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
County Employment and Wages in Illinois — Fourth Quarter 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2023
County Employment and Wages in Indiana — First Quarter 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2023
Chicago Area Employment — May 2023 Employment News Release Jun 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin — May 2022 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2023
Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area — June 2023 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2023
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
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2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 340.9 338.7 339.7 345.8 (p)344.6  

Employment(1)

 323.6 326.5 323.9 327.7 (p)326.3  

Unemployment(1)

 17.3 12.2 15.8 18.1 (p)18.2  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 5.1 3.6 4.6 5.2 (p)5.3  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 276.6 279.2 282.7 281.8 279.9 (p)282.2

12-month % change

 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.7 1.4 (p)2.0

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)

 17.8 18.5 18.8 19.4 19.3 (p)19.5

12-month % change

 9.2 6.9 4.4 6.0 3.8 (p)5.4

Manufacturing(3)

 34.1 34.1 34.0 34.0 33.9 (p)33.9

12-month % change

 2.4 2.1 2.1 1.8 -1.2 (p)0.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 59.5 59.6 60.3 60.2 60.3 (p)60.3

12-month % change

 1.4 1.0 1.7 1.5 0.0 (p)0.2

Information(3)

 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 (p)1.8

12-month % change

 0.0 -5.3 -5.3 -5.3 -5.3 (p)-5.3

Financial Activities(3)

 8.9 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.2 (p)9.1

12-month % change

 1.1 1.1 0.0 -1.1 2.2 (p)0.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 26.5 27.4 27.8 27.5 28.1 (p)28.5

12-month % change

 -4.3 1.1 1.1 -0.4 -1.1 (p)0.0

Education and Health Services(3)

 47.6 47.9 48.4 48.7 48.9 (p)48.7

12-month % change

 2.8 1.5 2.3 5.2 4.7 (p)3.6

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 32.8 33.4 34.5 34.5 34.3 (p)34.4

12-month % change

 2.2 4.0 4.9 3.0 0.6 (p)2.1

Other Services(3)

 14.7 14.7 14.9 15.0 15.4 (p)15.2

12-month % change

 7.3 7.3 5.7 3.4 4.8 (p)5.6

Government(3)

 32.8 32.7 33.1 31.6 28.6 (p)30.7

12-month % change

 3.1 1.6 2.2 3.6 2.5 (p)3.7

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 280.279 282.423 283.415 283.627 283.528 283.957

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

   4.4 4.8 3.3 2.1 2.2 2.3

CPI-W, All items(5)

 271.585 273.607 274.465 274.975 274.883 275.546

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

   3.9 4.4 2.6 1.2 1.4 1.9

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