Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to ...

December unemployment rates varied across Illinois metros, with job growth in some areas and decreases in others.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Illinois dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs ...

Winnebago County and Rockford ended 2024 with their lowest unemployment rates of the ear, according to figures released ...

Rockford’s unemployment rate saw one of the largest decreases in the state of Illinois, dropping from 5.9% in 2023 to 4.9% in ...

Unemployment fell across most of South Central Illinois in December. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Marion County’s unemployment fell four tenths of a percent to 4.2 percent.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Friday that the state’s unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point — to 5.2% — in December. The state’s unemployment rate was 1.1% ...