# Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Illinois

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in Illinois was 8,197,037 jobs in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

- Indicator id: `total_employment_jobs`
- Place id: `us-state-17`
- Unit: jobs
- 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.
- Note: 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested, no implied BEA endorsement)
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=total_employment_jobs&place=us-state-17

| Period | jobs |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 8,197,037 |
| 2024 | 8,148,381 |
| 2023 | 8,102,678 |
| 2022 | 8,002,288 |
| 2021 | 7,758,348 |
| 2020 | 7,526,820 |
| 2019 | 7,864,228 |
| 2018 | 7,884,619 |
| 2017 | 7,825,564 |
| 2016 | 7,806,578 |
| 2015 | 7,750,223 |
| 2014 | 7,614,470 |
| 2013 | 7,503,956 |
| 2012 | 7,434,721 |
| 2011 | 7,376,147 |
| 2010 | 7,251,061 |
| 2009 | 7,304,369 |
| 2008 | 7,553,123 |
| 2007 | 7,577,703 |
| 2006 | 7,448,634 |
| 2005 | 7,334,786 |
| 2004 | 7,244,979 |
| 2003 | 7,191,483 |
| 2002 | 7,217,677 |
| 2001 | 7,309,738 |
| 2000 | 7,357,491 |
| 1999 | 7,218,569 |
| 1998 | 7,139,373 |
| 1997 | 6,980,621 |
| 1996 | 6,874,745 |
| 1995 | 6,772,862 |
| 1994 | 6,610,811 |
| 1993 | 6,440,520 |
| 1992 | 6,351,074 |
| 1991 | 6,369,012 |
| 1990 | 6,390,424 |
| 1989 | 6,293,665 |
| 1988 | 6,187,499 |
| 1987 | 6,031,396 |
| 1986 | 5,891,733 |
| 1985 | 5,780,043 |
| 1984 | 5,717,923 |
| 1983 | 5,520,248 |
| 1982 | 5,562,767 |
| 1981 | 5,663,887 |
| 1980 | 5,675,371 |
| 1979 | 5,803,277 |
| 1978 | 5,747,599 |
| 1977 | 5,586,832 |
| 1976 | 5,457,695 |
| 1975 | 5,341,907 |
| 1974 | 5,441,434 |
| 1973 | 5,350,502 |
| 1972 | 5,155,439 |
| 1971 | 5,104,451 |
| 1970 | 5,143,772 |
| 1969 | 5,179,110 |