Illinois Payrolls for the Government Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, Illinois's not seasonally adjusted government payroll employment was 815,900; this means that Illinois added 25,500 jobs to the government industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows Illinois's not seasonally adjusted historical government payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to February 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of Illinois's industries and links for many more of Illinois's industries at this link.

Illinois Payrolls for the Government Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Illinois Number of Jobs Added to the Government Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Illinois Payrolls for the Government Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 835000
February 2007 856800 21800
March 2007 859400 2600
April 2007 862000 2600
May 2007 863500 1500
June 2007 846600 -16900
July 2007 806700 -39900
August 2007 806000 -700
September 2007 851100 45100
October 2007 861000 9900
November 2007 864800 3800
December 2007 858600 -6200
January 2008 841600 -17000
February 2008 864300 22700
March 2008 865000 700
April 2008 867700 2700
May 2008 871200 3500
June 2008 852400 -18800
July 2008 813400 -39000
August 2008 810000 -3400
September 2008 855100 45100
October 2008 870000 14900
November 2008 870300 300
December 2008 866500 -3800
January 2009 844300 -22200
February 2009 864600 20300
March 2009 865900 1300
April 2009 876300 10400
May 2009 876400 100
June 2009 854900 -21500
July 2009 815700 -39200
August 2009 807200 -8500
September 2009 858500 51300
October 2009 870400 11900
November 2009 872600 2200
December 2009 865000 -7600
January 2010 844100 -20900
February 2010 866400 22300
March 2010 866200 -200
April 2010 871800 5600
May 2010 886000 14200
June 2010 855900 -30100
July 2010 806100 -49800
August 2010 808800 2700
September 2010 849600 40800
October 2010 858600 9000
November 2010 859800 1200
December 2010 852800 -7000
January 2011 829300 -23500
February 2011 850100 20800
March 2011 851100 1000
April 2011 859100 8000
May 2011 861000 1900
June 2011 833400 -27600
July 2011 798400 -35000
August 2011 795900 -2500
September 2011 843500 47600
October 2011 849900 6400
November 2011 853700 3800
December 2011 842200 -11500
January 2012 821200 -21000
February 2012 843800 22600
March 2012 847700 3900
April 2012 850900 3200
May 2012 856100 5200
June 2012 828100 -28000
July 2012 784700 -43400
August 2012 782800 -1900
September 2012 836000 53200
October 2012 845200 9200
November 2012 848600 3400
December 2012 841600 -7000
January 2013 821300 -20300
February 2013 840400 19100
March 2013 842600 2200
April 2013 845500 2900
May 2013 847100 1600
June 2013 823900 -23200
July 2013 783500 -40400
August 2013 781000 -2500
September 2013 833700 52700
October 2013 837700 4000
November 2013 840600 2900
December 2013 838200 -2400
January 2014 814000 -24200
February 2014 830000 16000
March 2014 834900 4900
April 2014 840100 5200
May 2014 845400 5300
June 2014 821500 -23900
July 2014 783000 -38500
August 2014 780000 -3000
September 2014 833900 53900
October 2014 841700 7800
November 2014 842300 600
December 2014 841500 -800
January 2015 812900 -28600
February 2015 832700 19800
March 2015 837500 4800
April 2015 842400 4900
May 2015 847800 5400
June 2015 827600 -20200
July 2015 786500 -41100
August 2015 782600 -3900
September 2015 831900 49300
October 2015 840900 9000
November 2015 836900 -4000
December 2015 838700 1800
January 2016 807700 -31000
February 2016 827900 20200
March 2016 833400 5500
April 2016 834200 800
May 2016 836500 2300
June 2016 826500 -10000
July 2016 783400 -43100
August 2016 778700 -4700
September 2016 833400 54700
October 2016 831100 -2300
November 2016 832400 1300
December 2016 839100 6700
January 2017 801500 -37600
February 2017 824600 23100
March 2017 828900 4300
April 2017 830300 1400
May 2017 834500 4200
June 2017 821700 -12800
July 2017 779100 -42600
August 2017 781400 2300
September 2017 830400 49000
October 2017 832100 1700
November 2017 833000 900
December 2017 834100 1100
January 2018 799700 -34400
February 2018 821800 22100
March 2018 829900 8100
April 2018 828500 -1400
May 2018 835500 7000
June 2018 821800 -13700
July 2018 779900 -41900
August 2018 783200 3300
September 2018 831600 48400
October 2018 833200 1600
November 2018 837800 4600
December 2018 834900 -2900
January 2019 804600 -30300
February 2019 823800 19200
March 2019 831700 7900
April 2019 833100 1400
May 2019 839600 6500
June 2019 825500 -14100
July 2019 784800 -40700
August 2019 785800 1000
September 2019 833700 47900
October 2019 837700 4000
November 2019 839400 1700
December 2019 835300 -4100
January 2020 822400 -12900
February 2020 832800 10400
March 2020 837700 4900
April 2020 788700 -49000
May 2020 770200 -18500
June 2020 740400 -29800
July 2020 720200 -20200
August 2020 749000 28800
September 2020 785600 36600
October 2020 785700 100
November 2020 782500 -3200
December 2020 779900 -2600
January 2021 758800 -21100
February 2021 771700 12900
March 2021 778900 7200
April 2021 785900 7000
May 2021 785400 -500
June 2021 769900 -15500
July 2021 745000 -24900
August 2021 746400 1400
September 2021 794800 48400
October 2021 796600 1800
November 2021 794600 -2000
December 2021 796000 1400
January 2022 783900 -12100
February 2022 788800 4900
March 2022 792900 4100
April 2022 795200 2300
May 2022 796900 1700
June 2022 782100 -14800
July 2022 759400 -22700
August 2022 758400 -1000
September 2022 801200 42800
October 2022 812100 10900
November 2022 816000 3900
December 2022 808400 -7600
January 2023 790400 -18000
February 2023 815900 25500