November 27, 2022 – Jobs increased over-the-year in all fourteen Illinois metropolitan areas in October according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). The unemployment rate decreased in twelve metropolitan areas, increased in one and was unchanged in one.
“Job growth in every corner of the state has remained consistently strong for more than a year and a half” said Deputy Governor Andy Manar.“Employers and jobseekers alike are encouraged to take advantage of the employment services IDES has to offer to participate in the expanding labor market.”
The metro areas which had the largest over-the-year percentage increases in total nonfarm jobs were the Rockford MSA (+5.5%, +7,700), the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA (+5.1%, +9,300), and the Chicago Metro Division (+3.9%, +142,800). Industries that saw job growth in a majority of metro areas included: Manufacturing and Leisure and Hospitality (fourteen areas each); Mining and Construction and Other Services (thirteen areas each); Education and Health Services (twelve areas); Wholesale Trade (eleven areas); Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities (ten areas); Professional and Business Services and Government (eight areas each).
The metro areas with the largest unemployment rate decreases were the Rockford MSA (-1.3 points to 5.9%), the Chicago Metro Division (-0.7 point to 4.4%) and the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island IA-IL MSA (-0.7 point to 3.5%). The unemployment rate increased slightly in the Kankakee MSA (+0.1 point to 5.3%). The unemployment rate was unchanged in the Champaign-Urbana MSA (3.7%).
Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates
Total Nonfarm Jobs (Not Seasonally Adjusted) – October 2022
Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rates (percent) for Local Counties and Areas
Decatur MSA
The not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in October 2022 , a decrease of -0.5 percentage point from October 2021. There were an estimated 2,659 unemployed people in the labor force in October 2022.
The number of total nonfarm jobs in the Decatur metro area increased by +900 compared to one year ago.
Employment increased in Manufacturing (+500), Educational and Health Services (+300), Construction and Mining (+200), Leisure and Hospitality (+100), Other Services (+100), and Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (+100).
Payrolls were unchanged in Information, Wholesale Trade, Financial Activities, and Professional and Business Services.
October payrolls declined in Government (-300), and Retail Trade (-100).
