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In the Chicago area, 13.2 percent of commuters spend 60 minutes or more getting to work each day. That's the highest rate in the Midwest and ninth overall among American metros.
When will construction jobs dig out of this hole? Among the hardest-hit occupations in the recession, construction jobs have yet to show signs of bouncing back in the Chicago area. And forecasts don't offer much good news, either.
Heralded as the wave of the future by science-fiction writers and coffee-shop squatters, telecommuting has yet to take root with much of the American workforce.
It should come as little surprise to see local employment projections favoring jobs in tech, health care and business services in 2013. Recent history shows a diversification of Chicago's workforce with the emergence of those sectors.
Several of the Chicago area's most important job sectors have seen marginal gains in the past 12 months. Crain's analyzed data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to determine which industries are gaining and losing jobs as part of its ongoing look at Chicago employment.
The unemployment rate in Illinois continues to show modest improvement. From October 2011 to October 2012, it fell 1.2 percentage points, joining 18 other states showing statistically significant changes. But the state is a long way from recovery. How far? That was the question that led us to this month's jobs report.
Crain's mapped data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey to find the most educated residents of the state.
Chicago's gaining jobs in the old industry of moving freight. The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning has a new site that looks at how gains at logistics companies affect others in the region.
As we head into the home stretch of the presidential election, job creation and loss are sure to be on the minds of voters and pundits alike. President Obama's home state of Illinois lost the third most jobs between December 2008 and May 2012, the most recent month for which these figures are available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Higher taxes on beer consumption could have an impact on an industry that employs –directly or indirectly -- 71,000 resident comprising roughly 1.7 percent of all jobs in Illinois.
Summer employment this year at Illinois restaurants is projected to reach its highest level in at least a decade, according to the National Restaurant Association.
Chicago ranks in the lower third of the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas based on employment growth from their worst quarters of recession, according to a recent report.
The number of Chicago-area workers who live farther than 90 miles outside Cook County grew by more than 40 percent during the last decade, in line with a trend among the 10 largest U.S. metropolitan areas.
How Chicago's hospitality workforce stacks up against other vacation spots: The share of Chicago jobs in the leisure and hospitality industry has increased steadily in the last decade, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
A look at Illinois' high rate of long-term unemployment: The number of Illinois workers unemployed for more than six months continues to push record highs, according to a recent study from Northeastern University.
What the Illinois job market will look like in 2018: Illinois factory jobs will be whittled down over the next few years while the health sciences and information technology sectors see the greatest ten-year increase by 2018.
Crain's takes an interactive look at the jobless rate among college graduates and student loan debt.
Our monthly interactive graphic series tracks a different employment related topic every month.
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