The United States is currently facing a tight labor market, and Illinois is not immune. As of July 2022, there were 469,000 job openings in the state, or 1.6 per unemployed resident. At the same time, as of July 2022, total non-farm employment in Illinois was still down by about 80,500 workers (-1 percent) compared to February 2020 levels. This report uses Current Population Survey data to look back and assess how the pandemic and its aftermath reshaped Illinois’ workforce.
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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
