Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates

 

January
2009

December
2008

January
2008

Illinois

7.9%

7.2%*

5.8%*

U.S.

7.6%

7.2%

4.9%

*  Revised

 

Illinois Seasonally Adjusted Non-Farm Jobs – by Major Industry

Industry Title

January*
2009

December**
2008

January**
2008

Over the Month Change

Over the Year
Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Non-Farm     

5,820,200

5,849,500

5,995,300

-29,300

-175,100

Mining

10,300

10,200

9,800

100

500

Construction     

235,500

236,400

266,100

-900

-30,600

Manufacturing    

633,000

643,800

671,800

-10,800

-38,800

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

1,181,300

1,180,600

1,218,200

700

-36,900

Information      

112,600

113,600

116,000

-1,000

-3,400

Financial Activities

385,300

387,400

397,100

-2,100

-11,800

Professional and Business Services

828,000

834,900

875,000

-6,900

-47,000

Educational and Health Services

803,400

805,100

790,700

-1,700

12,700

Leisure and Hospitality

517,100

520,700

534,200

-3,600

-17,100

Other Services   

258,900

261,900

262,700

-3,000

-3,800

Government        

854,800

854,900

853,700

-100

1,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Preliminary      **Revised

 

 

Notes:

 

·         Seasonally-adjusted employment data for subsectors within industries are not available.

·         "Other Services" includes a wide range of activities in three broad categories:  Personal and laundry; repair and maintenance; and religious, grant making, civic and professional organizations. For a list of all activities under Other Services and all other industry sectors, go to http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics02/naico602.htm.

·         For not-seasonally-adjusted jobs data showing greater industry detail, go to http://lmi.ides.state.il.us/cesfiles/cescurrent.htm.

·         Monthly seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for Illinois and the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan Division are available at http://lmi.ides.state.il.us/laus/icmaur.htm.

·         Illinois monthly labor force, unemployed and unemployment rates for years 2004-2008 have been revised as required by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In February of each year, monthly labor force data for all states are revised to reflect updated Census population controls, seasonal factors and state supplied non-farm jobs and UI claims inputs. The revised monthly data are also smoothed to eliminate large changes as a result of volatility in the monthly household (CPS) survey. Comments and tables distributed for prior monthly Illinois unemployment rate news releases should be discarded. Any records and other historical analysis previously cited for Illinois labor force, number of unemployed and unemployment rates may no longer be valid under the revised monthly time series.

 

 

[Tables copied from Illinois Department of Employment Security file received from the Illinois Office of Communication and Information]