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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Illinois

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Illinois was 8,197,037 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.6% from 2024. That is the 5th highest of 51 states in 2025.

2025, jobs8,197,037
Change on 2024+0.6%
Rank5th of 51US states ranked
Series high8,197,0372025
Series low5,104,4511971

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Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Illinois, 1969 to 2025

5M6M7M8M9M19691978198719962005201420251969: 5,179,110 jobs1970: 5,143,772 jobs1971: 5,104,451 jobs1972: 5,155,439 jobs1973: 5,350,502 jobs1974: 5,441,434 jobs1975: 5,341,907 jobs1976: 5,457,695 jobs1977: 5,586,832 jobs1978: 5,747,599 jobs1979: 5,803,277 jobs1980: 5,675,371 jobs1981: 5,663,887 jobs1982: 5,562,767 jobs1983: 5,520,248 jobs1984: 5,717,923 jobs1985: 5,780,043 jobs1986: 5,891,733 jobs1987: 6,031,396 jobs1988: 6,187,499 jobs1989: 6,293,665 jobs1990: 6,390,424 jobs1991: 6,369,012 jobs1992: 6,351,074 jobs1993: 6,440,520 jobs1994: 6,610,811 jobs1995: 6,772,862 jobs1996: 6,874,745 jobs1997: 6,980,621 jobs1998: 7,139,373 jobs1999: 7,218,569 jobs2000: 7,357,491 jobs2001: 7,309,738 jobs2002: 7,217,677 jobs2003: 7,191,483 jobs2004: 7,244,979 jobs2005: 7,334,786 jobs2006: 7,448,634 jobs2007: 7,577,703 jobs2008: 7,553,123 jobs2009: 7,304,369 jobs2010: 7,251,061 jobs2011: 7,376,147 jobs2012: 7,434,721 jobs2013: 7,503,956 jobs2014: 7,614,470 jobs2015: 7,750,223 jobs2016: 7,806,578 jobs2017: 7,825,564 jobs2018: 7,884,619 jobs2019: 7,864,228 jobs2020: 7,526,820 jobs2021: 7,758,348 jobs2022: 8,002,288 jobs2023: 8,102,678 jobs2024: 8,148,381 jobs2025: 8,197,037 jobs5M6M7M8M9M19691988200720251969: 5,179,110 jobs1970: 5,143,772 jobs1971: 5,104,451 jobs1972: 5,155,439 jobs1973: 5,350,502 jobs1974: 5,441,434 jobs1975: 5,341,907 jobs1976: 5,457,695 jobs1977: 5,586,832 jobs1978: 5,747,599 jobs1979: 5,803,277 jobs1980: 5,675,371 jobs1981: 5,663,887 jobs1982: 5,562,767 jobs1983: 5,520,248 jobs1984: 5,717,923 jobs1985: 5,780,043 jobs1986: 5,891,733 jobs1987: 6,031,396 jobs1988: 6,187,499 jobs1989: 6,293,665 jobs1990: 6,390,424 jobs1991: 6,369,012 jobs1992: 6,351,074 jobs1993: 6,440,520 jobs1994: 6,610,811 jobs1995: 6,772,862 jobs1996: 6,874,745 jobs1997: 6,980,621 jobs1998: 7,139,373 jobs1999: 7,218,569 jobs2000: 7,357,491 jobs2001: 7,309,738 jobs2002: 7,217,677 jobs2003: 7,191,483 jobs2004: 7,244,979 jobs2005: 7,334,786 jobs2006: 7,448,634 jobs2007: 7,577,703 jobs2008: 7,553,123 jobs2009: 7,304,369 jobs2010: 7,251,061 jobs2011: 7,376,147 jobs2012: 7,434,721 jobs2013: 7,503,956 jobs2014: 7,614,470 jobs2015: 7,750,223 jobs2016: 7,806,578 jobs2017: 7,825,564 jobs2018: 7,884,619 jobs2019: 7,864,228 jobs2020: 7,526,820 jobs2021: 7,758,348 jobs2022: 8,002,288 jobs2023: 8,102,678 jobs2024: 8,148,381 jobs2025: 8,197,037 jobs
jobs. Source: BEA, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 57 values
Periodjobs
20258,197,037
20248,148,381
20238,102,678
20228,002,288
20217,758,348
20207,526,820
20197,864,228
20187,884,619
20177,825,564
20167,806,578
20157,750,223
20147,614,470
20137,503,956
20127,434,721
20117,376,147
20107,251,061
20097,304,369
20087,553,123
20077,577,703
20067,448,634
20057,334,786
20047,244,979
20037,191,483
20027,217,677
20017,309,738
20007,357,491
19997,218,569
19987,139,373
19976,980,621
19966,874,745
19956,772,862
19946,610,811
19936,440,520
19926,351,074
19916,369,012
19906,390,424
19896,293,665
19886,187,499
19876,031,396
19865,891,733
19855,780,043
19845,717,923
19835,520,248
19825,562,767
19815,663,887
19805,675,371
19795,803,277
19785,747,599
19775,586,832
19765,457,695
19755,341,907
19745,441,434
19735,350,502
19725,155,439
19715,104,451
19705,143,772
19695,179,110

Compared with United States

Place2025
Illinois8,197,037
United States218,324,700

Illinois compared with nearby places

Alabama: 2,966,686 jobsAlaska: 472,008 jobsArizona: 4,455,141 jobsArkansas: 1,811,561 jobsCalifornia: 25,407,891 jobsColorado: 4,231,488 jobsConnecticut: 2,424,541 jobsDelaware: 678,218 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 896,204 jobsFlorida: 15,174,955 jobsGeorgia: 7,184,433 jobsHawaii: 925,451 jobsIdaho: 1,238,642 jobsIllinois: 8,197,037 jobsIndiana: 4,213,622 jobsIowa: 2,122,389 jobsKansas: 2,007,083 jobsKentucky: 2,718,290 jobsLouisiana: 2,831,737 jobsMaine: 898,379 jobsMaryland: 4,009,451 jobsMassachusetts: 5,020,627 jobsMichigan: 5,946,187 jobsMinnesota: 3,914,167 jobsMississippi: 1,713,294 jobsMissouri: 3,998,549 jobsMontana: 761,061 jobsNebraska: 1,410,465 jobsNevada: 2,163,825 jobsNew Hampshire: 942,254 jobsNew Jersey: 6,095,348 jobsNew Mexico: 1,183,906 jobsNew York: 13,498,360 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,864,520 jobsNorth Dakota: 605,276 jobsOhio: 7,394,537 jobsOklahoma: 2,466,719 jobsOregon: 2,671,758 jobsPennsylvania: 8,150,272 jobsRhode Island: 690,505 jobsSouth Carolina: 3,245,739 jobsSouth Dakota: 665,420 jobsTennessee: 4,633,711 jobsTexas: 20,639,097 jobsUtah: 2,458,247 jobsVermont: 439,349 jobsVirginia: 5,789,397 jobsWashington: 4,879,224 jobsWest Virginia: 910,570 jobsWisconsin: 3,855,203 jobsWyoming: 451,906 jobs
  • Under 900K
  • 900K to 1.8M
  • 1.8M to 2.7M
  • 2.7M to 4.2M
  • 4.2M to 6.6M
  • 6.6M and over
Total employment (jobs, BEA), 2025, jobs. Illinois is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

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Definition

Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. (2026). SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (Total employment (jobs, BEA), Illinois, 1969 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip

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SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Illinois, 1969 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 30 Sept. 2026, https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/illinois. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. 2026. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Total employment (jobs, BEA), Illinois, 1969 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/illinois.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2026) SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states, Total employment (jobs, BEA), Illinois, 1969 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/illinois (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states: Total employment (jobs, BEA), Illinois, 1969 to 2025}},
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  howpublished = {Data set},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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What is the total employment (jobs, BEA) in Illinois?

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Illinois was 8,197,037 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That is up 0.6% from 2024. That is the 5th highest of 51 states in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest total employment (jobs, BEA) in Illinois?

8,197,037 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 1969 in this series.

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