Employed residents in Joliet, IL

Employed residents in Joliet, IL was 77,581 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.4% from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 104 cities in 2025.

2025, persons77,581
Change on 2024+0.4%
Series high77,5812025
Series low32,4791991

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Employed residents in Joliet, IL, 1990 to 2025

30K40K50K60K70K80K19901996200220082014202020251990: 32,776 persons1991: 32,479 persons1992: 32,882 persons1993: 33,189 persons1994: 34,274 persons1995: 37,129 persons1996: 38,668 persons1997: 39,411 persons1998: 41,230 persons1999: 43,685 persons2000: 51,436 persons2001: 52,551 persons2002: 52,639 persons2003: 54,284 persons2004: 57,064 persons2005: 59,160 persons2006: 63,571 persons2007: 65,249 persons2008: 65,620 persons2009: 63,268 persons2010: 65,735 persons2011: 65,780 persons2012: 67,494 persons2013: 67,728 persons2014: 68,869 persons2015: 69,893 persons2016: 73,210 persons2017: 73,474 persons2018: 74,015 persons2019: 74,308 persons2020: 67,410 persons2021: 71,709 persons2022: 75,469 persons2023: 76,320 persons2024: 77,268 persons2025: 77,581 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202577,581
202477,268
202376,320
202275,469
202171,709
202067,410
201974,308
201874,015
201773,474
201673,210
201569,893
201468,869
201367,728
201267,494
201165,780
201065,735
200963,268
200865,620
200765,249
200663,571
200559,160
200457,064
200354,284
200252,639
200152,551
200051,436
199943,685
199841,230
199739,411
199638,668
199537,129
199434,274
199333,189
199232,882
199132,479
199032,776

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Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Joliet, IL, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Joliet, IL, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/joliet-il. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Joliet, IL, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/joliet-il.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Joliet, IL, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/joliet-il (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the employed residents in Joliet, IL?

Employed residents in Joliet, IL was 77,581 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.4% from 2024. That is the 4th highest of 104 cities in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Joliet, IL?

77,581 in 2025, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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