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Illinois unemployment rate slips amid July job growth

Illinois’ statewide unemployment rate fell -0.1 percentage point to 4.4%, while nonfarm payrolls increased by 31,200 in July, the Illinois Department of Employment Security...

Iowa jobless rate drops in July

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 2.5% in July, down from 2.6% in June and 4.4% one year ago. The state’s jobless rate has...

Quad Cities unemployment rate drops to 3.7%

Unemployment fell once again in the Quad Cities metropolitan region in June, dropping to 3.7% this June compared to 5.9% in June 2021. Jobless rates...

Illinois unemployment drops to pre-COVID levels

Illinois’ unemployment rate fell to 4.5% in June – the lowest rate recorded since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, the...

Illinois ongoing unemployment claims hit historic low

The number of Illinoisans receiving ongoing unemployment benefit claims has hit an historic low since January 1987, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES)...

Quad Cities jobless rate drop second largest in state

Unemployment in the Quad Cities region stood at 3.8% for May – down from the 5.3% in a year-over-year comparison. That’s the second largest...

Illinois unemployment remains stable as jobs grow

The unemployment rate across Illinois remained unchanged at 4.6% in May compared to April while nonfarm payrolls increased by more than 12,800 jobs over...

QC unemployment rate falls to 3.7% in April 

Unemployment fell to 3.7% in April in the Quad Cities metropolitan region as four core industries added thousands of new jobs in a year-over-year...

Illinois unemployment rate down, workforce up

Illinois’ unemployment rate continued to inch down, falling to 4.6% in April from March’s 4.7% estimate. At the same time, a growing percentage of...

Unemployment rate drops 2% in the QC

The Quad Cities region is on an economic “positive trajectory” as the area’s unemployment rate took a sharp dip in March and unemployment fell...

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