Illinois went from excess jobs to excess job seekers
Unemployed workers compared to listed job openings in Illinois for past 12 months
Job
Openings
Unemployed
0
100K
200K
300K
381,000
323,968
380,000
329,728
320,000
335,178
366,000
338,552
342,000
339,564
338,000
338,219
292,000
335,118
288,000
331,366
278,000
328,423
277,000
327,909
276,000
328,379
277,000
324,121
Feb-24
Mar-24
Apr-24
May-24
Jun-24
Jul-24
Aug-24
Sep-24
Oct-24
Nov-24
Dec-24
Jan-25