Table Data - Employed Persons in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI (MSA)

Title Employed Persons in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI (MSA)
Series ID LAUMT171698000000005A
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Annual
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2024-01-01
Last Updated 2025-04-29 10:33 AM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 3919335
1991-01-01 3880982
1992-01-01 3924261
1993-01-01 3985936
1994-01-01 4105930
1995-01-01 4190849
1996-01-01 4244199
1997-01-01 4295162
1998-01-01 4332090
1999-01-01 4435389
2000-01-01 4490113
2001-01-01 4425359
2002-01-01 4277157
2003-01-01 4260769
2004-01-01 4298369
2005-01-01 4326087
2006-01-01 4455096
2007-01-01 4517986
2008-01-01 4486387
2009-01-01 4280721
2010-01-01 4266098
2011-01-01 4287359
2012-01-01 4383382
2013-01-01 4412710
2014-01-01 4491561
2015-01-01 4557711
2016-01-01 4629697
2017-01-01 4644099
2018-01-01 4675021
2019-01-01 4695127
2020-01-01 4267573
2021-01-01 4446459
2022-01-01 4639443
2023-01-01 4683726
2024-01-01 4756656

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