Illinois Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rises To 10.3 Percent

AP | Posted 08.16.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' unemployment rate rose to 10.3 percent in June. That's the highest rate since 1983, and it's up from 10.1 percent in May. ...

Illinois Unemployment At 10.1 Percent, Highest In 25 Years

AP | Posted 07.19.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' unemployment rate reached 10.1 percent in May, the highest it's been in 25 years. The Illinois Department of Employment Sec...

Illinois Unemployment Rate Reaches 9.4%

AP | Posted 06.21.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' unemployment rate jumped to 9.4 percent in April as companies continued to shed thousands of jobs. The number of jobless in...

State Jobless Rate Hits 9.1 Percent, Highest In 23 Years

Associated Press | Posted 05.17.2009 | Chicago


CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois' unemployment rate hit 9.1 percent in March, the highest it's been in almost 24 years. That compares to 8.6 percent last mon...

State Unemployment Rate Jumps To 8.6 Percent

Associated Press | Posted 04.24.2009 | Chicago


Illinois' unemployment rate jumped to 8.6 percent last month, the highest it's been since December 1991. February's rate is up from 7.8 percent in Ja...

Illinois Unemployment Rate Hits 7.9%, Highest Since 1993

Associated Press | Posted 04.11.2009 | Chicago


Illinois' unemployment rate jumped to 7.9 percent in January, the highest it's been since April 1993. That tops December's 7.2 percent mark and repre...

Illinois Unemployment Rate At 15-Year-High, Tops National Average

Crain's Chicago Business | Monée Fields-White | Posted 02.23.2009 | Chicago


Illinois companies cut their payrolls for a seventh straight month and state unemployment jumped to 15-year high in December, government figures show....

Economic Crisis: Lay Offs Highest Since '01

Crain's Chicago Business | Monée Fields-White | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago


Illinois companies cut their payrolls in November by the greatest number of jobs in about seven years, while unemployment stayed at a 15-year high, go...

Thousands Attend "Good Morning America" Job Fair At Navy Pier

Chicago Sun-Times | Cheryl V. Jackson and Francine Knowles | Posted 12.22.2008 | Chicago


Jerry Gillespie is a carpenter. But the 31-year-old Chicago man has hit wall after wall in an effort to find work. Unemployed for the last six mont...

Illinois Unemployment Rate Hits 7.3%

AP | Posted 12.21.2008 | Chicago


The unemployment rate in Illinois rose to 7.3 percent in October, up from 6.9 percent the month before. It's the fifth consecutive month of job loss ...