•July 27, 2022•
By Peter Hancock
Capitol News Illinois
phancock @ capitolnewsillinois.com

The Illinois economy added 18,800 jobs during June as the unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent, the lowest it has been since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
That is down one-tenth of a percentage point from May, and down two full percentage points from June 2021.
Preliminary numbers released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Employment Security showed the sectors with the biggest gains during June were leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, construction, and educational and health services.

Slight declines were rported in the financial industry and the catch-all category “other services.”     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.