From the Illinois Department of Employment Security


Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates

 

January
2012

December
2011

January
2011

3-Month
Moving Avg.

Illinois

9.4%

9.7%*

9.4%*

9.7%

U.S.

8.3%

8.5%

9.1%*

8.5%

*  Revised

 

Illinois Seasonally Adjusted Non-farm Jobs – by Major Industry

Industry Title

January
2012*

December
2011**

January
2011**

Over the Month Change

Over the Year
Change

3-Month
Moving Avg.

Change from
Previous
3-Month
Mov. Avg.

Total Nonfarm

5,679,800

5,676,000

5,650,600

3,800

29,200

5,676,700

1,700

  Mining

9,700

9,700

9,500

0

200

9,700

0

  Construction

189,600

191,300

199,100

-1,700

-9,500

190,700

-800

  Manufacturing

579,600

576,900

569,100

2,700

10,500

577,400

1,300

  Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

1,139,000

1,142,200

1,135,300

-3,200

3,700

1,140,900

-400

  Information

99,600

99,800

100,700

-200

-1,100

99,800

-300

  Financial Activities

364,000

360,500

364,100

3,500

-100

362,000

600

  Professional and Business Services

846,200

838,500

819,800

7,700

26,400

841,000

2,500

  Educational and Health Services

851,300

857,100

844,100

-5,800

7,200

855,000

-1,800

  Leisure and Hospitality

523,400

519,800

517,500

3,600

5,900

521,000

1,600

  Other Services

246,600

247,500

249,700

-900

-3,100

246,800

200

  Government

830,800

832,700

841,700

-1,900

-10,900

832,200

-1,300

 

                              * Preliminary                    ** Revised

 

 

Notes:

 

·          Illinois monthly labor force, unemployed and unemployment rates for years 2007-2011 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, non-farm jobs and unemployment insurance claims inputs. Data were smoothed to eliminate large monthly changes as a result of volatility in the monthly household (CPS) survey. Comments and tables distributed in prior Illinois unemployment rate news release materials should be discarded because any analysis, including records, previously cited might no longer be valid.

·          Seasonally adjusted employment data for subsectors within industries are not available.  For not seasonally adjusted jobs data with greater industry detail, go to http://www.ides.illinois.gov/Custom/Library/Statistic/CES/I_NSA_CES_Illinois_MSAs_Jobs_2000_to_Current.XLS.

·          “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.

·          Monthly seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for Illinois and the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan Division are available at: http://www.ides.illinois.gov/page.aspx?item=2509.

 

[Copied from news release from the Illinois Government News Network]