The Elgin Metro area has had the strongest recovery of any metro area in the past 12 months, according to information released by the U.S….
The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced last week that the unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point to 7.2%, while nonfarm payrolls increased 12,500 in…
It’s no surprise that the number of nonfarm jobs increased over-the-year in all 14 Illinois metropolitan areas in May according to preliminary data released today…
This is a headline that Illinois Department of Employment Security officials probably were happy to be able to write: The Illinois employment situation is WAY…
The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced today (Thursday, April 15, 2021) that the unemployment rate decreased 0.3 percentage point to 7.1%, while nonfarm payrolls…
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…
