It’s no surprise that jobs are still down year over year, but it might be a little surprising to find that the metro areas hardest…
While Illinois jobs are down year over year, they appear to be growing month over month, as the local economy begins to rebound from the…
Unemployment rates have improved since the worst of the pandemic, statewide and regionally, but the data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows there’s…
Because Illinois’ unemployment rate has dropped, federal rules now prohibit individuals from seeking seven additional weeks of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, a new federal effort to…
Kane County’s unemployment rate is 6.6% as of December 2020 — much higher than a year ago at this time but lower than it had…
The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Monday (Dec. 28, 2020) that it “remains committed to implementing newly announced federal unemployment benefits and relief measures…
The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced today (Thursday, Sec. 17, 2020) that the unemployment rate fell 0.5 percentage point to 6.9% in November. That…
The Illinois Department of Employment Security has announced that the unemployment rate fell 3.6 percentage points to 6.8%. Nonfarm payrolls were about unchanged, down 1,100…
The number of nonfarm jobs decreased over-the-year in all 14 Illinois metropolitan areas in September, with four metro areas at record low payrolls for that…
Kane County’s unemployment rate is at 9.6% as of the end of August. The county’s unemployment rate was 4.1% at the same time last year,…
