Monthly jobs report fails to show depth of Illinois job losses – Illinois Policy

Roughly 237,869 Illinoisans remain missing from the state’s labor force due to COVID-19 and associated state-mandated lockdowns; Those 237,869 have given up looking for work entirely. Had these Illinoisans been counted in the labor force, Illinois’ unemployment rate would have been 15.1%,

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