Illinois includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

• Bloomington-Normal, IL
• Cape Girardeau-Jackson, MO-IL
• Champaign-Urbana, IL
• Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL (Metropolitan Division)
• Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
• Danville, IL
• Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
• Decatur, IL
• Kankakee-Bradley, IL
• Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI (Metropolitan Division)
• Peoria, IL
• Rockford, IL
• St. Louis, MO-IL
• Springfield, IL

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Inflation and Consumer Spending

Revisions in January to August 2000 CPI Data

Consumer Price Index

News Releases

• Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI (monthly)  (HTML) (PDF)
• Midwest region (monthly)  (HTML) (PDF)
• Average Energy Prices in the Chicago-Gary Kenosha Area (HTML) (PDF)

Consumer Expenditure Survey

News Release

• Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI (HTML) (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Consumer Price Index for the Midwest and Selected Metropolitan Areas
• Consumer Expenditures for the U.S Average and Regions
• Consumer Expenditures for Selected Metropolitan Areas in the Midwest

Historical Tables CPI-U and CPI-W (1982-84=100) (PDF)

• U.S. City Average
• Midwest Region
• Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI

Pay and Benefits

Employment Costs Trends

News Releases

• Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. (HTML) (PDF)
• Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions (quarterly) (HTML) (PDF)

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

News Releases

• County Employment and Wages in Illinois (HTML) (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Employment Cost Index for the U.S. Average and Regions
• National Compensation Surveys - Occupational Pay in Midwest Metropolitan Areas

Occupational Employment and Wages

News Releases

• Occupational Employment and Wages in Bloomington-Normal (HTML) (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages in Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (HTML) (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages in Lake County-Kenosha County, Ill.-Wis. (HTML) (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages for Nurses in Illinois' Metropolitan Areas (HTML) (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages in Rockford (HTML) (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Occupational Wage Estimates for Midwest States and Metropolitan Areas

 

Safety and Health

Tables of Data

• Incidence Rates of Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses in Selected Midwest States
• Fatal Occupational Injuries by Event or Exposure in Selected Midwest States

Employment & Unemployment

Nonfarm Payroll Employment

News Releases

• Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistics Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (Quarterly) (HTML) (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Non-farm Wage and Salary Employment in Selected Midwest States

Measures of Labor Underutilization

News Releases

• Illinois (HTML) (PDF)

Mass Layoffs

News Releases

• Mass Layoffs in Illinois (Annual) (HTML) (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Mass Layoff Events - Midwest States

Union Membership

News Releases

• Union Membership in Illinois (Annual) (HTML) (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Union Membership in Selected Midwest States

Minimum Wage Workers

News Releases

• Minimum Wage Workers in Illinois (Annual) (HTML) (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Civilian Labor Force in the Midwest
• Unemployed in the Midwest
• Unemployment Rates in the Midwest
• Unemployment Rates by Metropolitan Area (MSA) in Selected Midwest States
• Mass Layoffs in the Midwest

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