Illinois unemployment rate jumps to 7.6% – One Illinois

IDES reported: “In December, the three industry sectors with the largest over-the-month gains in employment were professional and business services (+13,000), trade, transportation, and utilities (+10,100), and construction (+8,300).” But those gains combined did not make up for the loss of another 41,000 jobs in leisure and hospitality, and information services lost more than 1,000 positions as well.