Although the city’s unemployment rate has slightly increased, some industries are adding Chicago jobs.
According to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet area’s unemployment rate in July 2008 was at 7.5 percent, up from June’s unemployment rate of 7.3 percent. The area saw a total non-farm employment of 3,905,000, only a .1 percent decrease from last year, and slightly lower than June’s employment of 3,914,500.
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