NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. Title: Positions Open, Illinois Free Employment Offices for Illinois Series ID: M08026US000ILM490NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Number of Positions Date Range: 1920-08-01 to 1934-12-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:23 PM CDT Notes: Data Cover Males And Females. In September, 1932 The Series Name In The Source Changes From "Help Wanted" To "Positions Open". 1932 Data Includes "Relief" Openings Not Available Seperately. The Vast Increase In December, 1933 Is The Result Of The Opening Of Civil Works Administration And Other Government Positions, With Cook County Excluded. Source: Illinois Department Of Labor, The Labor Bulletin (Called The Employment Bulletin Before July, 1923), Except Data For 1933 Which Was Furnished Directly From The Illinois State Employment Service, Because The Labor Bulletin Ceased Publication From February, 1933-December, 1934. This NBER data series m08026 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08026 DATE VALUE 1920-08-01 24635 1920-09-01 22891 1920-10-01 20375 1920-11-01 14540 1920-12-01 10096 1921-01-01 9286 1921-02-01 7954 1921-03-01 10829 1921-04-01 11311 1921-05-01 10035 1921-06-01 10947 1921-07-01 9640 1921-08-01 9704 1921-09-01 11025 1921-10-01 13034 1921-11-01 10500 1921-12-01 8649 1922-01-01 9732 1922-02-01 9413 1922-03-01 13340 1922-04-01 15854 1922-05-01 25019 1922-06-01 25662 1922-07-01 19801 1922-08-01 19346 1922-09-01 21411 1922-10-01 24869 1922-11-01 20131 1922-12-01 17053 1923-01-01 17356 1923-02-01 18313 1923-03-01 25649 1923-04-01 32199 1923-05-01 31189 1923-06-01 26831 1923-07-01 21025 1923-08-01 20285 1923-09-01 20858 1923-10-01 21863 1923-11-01 15967 1923-12-01 11018 1924-01-01 12030 1924-02-01 12057 1924-03-01 12725 1924-04-01 16965 1924-05-01 13773 1924-06-01 11825 1924-07-01 11697 1924-08-01 11557 1924-09-01 13844 1924-10-01 14171 1924-11-01 12686 1924-12-01 11813 1925-01-01 10985 1925-02-01 9629 1925-03-01 13012 1925-04-01 15763 1925-05-01 14549 1925-06-01 15259 1925-07-01 15153 1925-08-01 15378 1925-09-01 19779 1925-10-01 19767 1925-11-01 17724 1925-12-01 13034 1926-01-01 11459 1926-02-01 10264 1926-03-01 15739 1926-04-01 18733 1926-05-01 21325 1926-06-01 18799 1926-07-01 17997 1926-08-01 18785 1926-09-01 21971 1926-10-01 20686 1926-11-01 17273 1926-12-01 13214 1927-01-01 11363 1927-02-01 9794 1927-03-01 13997 1927-04-01 14555 1927-05-01 15249 1927-06-01 13556 1927-07-01 13540 1927-08-01 13795 1927-09-01 15930 1927-10-01 14054 1927-11-01 11551 1927-12-01 9807 1928-01-01 8901 1928-02-01 8054 1928-03-01 11305 1928-04-01 12388 1928-05-01 14457 1928-06-01 12053 1928-07-01 13509 1928-08-01 14905 1928-09-01 16035 1928-10-01 17451 1928-11-01 13019 1928-12-01 11829 1929-01-01 11855 1929-02-01 10308 1929-03-01 13733 1929-04-01 17365 1929-05-01 18336 1929-06-01 15656 1929-07-01 16820 1929-08-01 17239 1929-09-01 17309 1929-10-01 16373 1929-11-01 12569 1929-12-01 11723 1930-01-01 9620 1930-02-01 8153 1930-03-01 10474 1930-04-01 12096 1930-05-01 10953 1930-06-01 8960 1930-07-01 8265 1930-08-01 7733 1930-09-01 8843 1930-10-01 9540 1930-11-01 8723 1930-12-01 8818 1931-01-01 8407 1931-02-01 7401 1931-03-01 9213 1931-04-01 10005 1931-05-01 8587 1931-06-01 8612 1931-07-01 8796 1931-08-01 7484 1931-09-01 8966 1931-10-01 8282 1931-11-01 8022 1931-12-01 9189 1932-01-01 9394 1932-02-01 9889 1932-03-01 11173 1932-04-01 13315 1932-05-01 10100 1932-06-01 10412 1932-07-01 8634 1932-08-01 10036 1932-09-01 10419 1932-10-01 10151 1932-11-01 10361 1932-12-01 11374 1933-01-01 12086 1933-02-01 11900 1933-03-01 6697 1933-04-01 7280 1933-05-01 8188 1933-06-01 8768 1933-07-01 8194 1933-08-01 8858 1933-09-01 8415 1933-10-01 7454 1933-11-01 6818 1933-12-01 34177 1934-01-01 8703 1934-02-01 6069 1934-03-01 7774 1934-04-01 8179 1934-05-01 10448 1934-06-01 10308 1934-07-01 8599 1934-08-01 7626 1934-09-01 7309 1934-10-01 7835 1934-11-01 6531 1934-12-01 6546