THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN ILLINOIS HAS REACHED ITS LOWEST LEVEL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. 

THE JUNE JOBLESS RATE CAME IN AT FOUR POINT FIVE PERCENT, DOWN FROM FOUR POINT SIX IN MAY SAYS ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DIRECTOR KRISTIN RICHARDS.

THERE WAS ALSO JOB GROWTH IN JUNE, WITH NEARLY 19-THOUSAND JOBS ADDED OVER THE PREVIOUS MONTH. THE LARGEST GAINS BY FAR WERE MADE IN ILLINOIS’ LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.

THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR JUNE CAME IN AT THREE POINT SIX PERCENT.