CHICAGO | Economic & Business Development

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Originally Posted by marothisu

Well this is interesting. Although preliminary data for June 2019, the number of employed persons for the Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights Metropolitan Division jumped up over 71,000 persons in 1 month - from May to June. It is the highest number of employed persons in this Metropolitan Division of any month going back to January 1994 (data doesn't go back any further).

The civilian labor force in this same Metropolitan Division jumped up nearly 100,000 people in just a month from May to June as well That's a big jump and represents the 3rd highest civilian labor force population since August 2016 (only June and July 2017 were higher).


Talking about non-farm employees, the total number of employed persons for that jumped up just over 50,000 people in a month. This is the highest of any months since at least January 1990 (as far back as the data goes). The big changes came in the Business/Professional Services, Finance, Leisure/Hospitality, Trade/Transportation/Utilities, and Construction industries. This increase of employment in non farm was about the same as the NYC-Jersey City Metropolitan Division in total jobs, but over double the percent change. It was also much more than the Los Angeles-Long Beach Metropolitan Division and surprisingly more than the main MDs for Houston, Dallas, Austin, DC, Seattle, Boston, Miami (which had a decrease), Atlanta, etc

I know it's just the change from one month to another, but it's more than I've seen in a long time and kind of surprising..

Where are you finding those numbers? I still can only find May.