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Job growth remains below national average

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate increased +0.1 percentage points to 4.7 percent in June and nonfarm payrolls increased by +8,600 jobs over-the-month, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and... Read More.

Job growth remains below national average

The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the unemployment rate declined -0.1 percentage points to 4.6 percent in May and nonfarm payrolls increased by +2,400 jobs over-the-month, based on preliminary data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and... Read More.
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Illinois Unemployment Rate Remains Above National Average in All but Two Metro Areas

Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment RatesMetropolitan AreaAug. 2016Aug. 2015Over-the-Year ChangeBloomington5.1%4.9%0.2Carbondale-Marion5.9%6.0%-0.1Champaign-Urbana5.1%5.4%-0.3Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights5.4%5.6%-0.2Danville7.1%7.3%-0.2Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL5.6%5.3%0.3Decatur6.7%7.3%-0.6Elgin5.1%5.6%-0.5Kankakee6.1%6.7%-0.6Lake-Kenosha, IL-WI4.8%5.1%-0.3Peoria6.2%6.5%-0.3Rockford6.3%7.0%-0.7Springfield4.6%5.1%-0.5St. Louis (IL-Section)5.7%6.2%-0.5Illinois Statewide5.5%5.8%-0.3* Data subject to revision. CHICAGO–Again this month, twelve of Illinois’ metropolitan (metro) areas experienced decreases in their over-the-year unemployment rate and eight of the metro areas had increases in nonfarm jobs,... Read More.