Illinois Payrolls for the Professional and Business Services Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February 2023, Illinois's seasonally adjusted professional and business services payroll employment was 970,600; this means that Illinois lost 3,000 jobs in the professional and business services industry in the month of February 2023. You can see the not seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows Illinois's seasonally adjusted historical professional and business services 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 Professional and Business Services Industry (Seas Adj.)
Illinois Number of Jobs Added to the Professional and Business Services Industry (Seas Adj.)
Illinois Payrolls for the Professional and Business Services Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 859400
February 2007 860000 600
March 2007 864300 4300
April 2007 866200 1900
May 2007 868300 2100
June 2007 869300 1000
July 2007 870200 900
August 2007 870200 0
September 2007 869700 -500
October 2007 869300 -400
November 2007 868100 -1200
December 2007 870000 1900
January 2008 869700 -300
February 2008 870400 700
March 2008 867500 -2900
April 2008 865700 -1800
May 2008 864500 -1200
June 2008 861700 -2800
July 2008 858000 -3700
August 2008 855200 -2800
September 2008 850900 -4300
October 2008 842600 -8300
November 2008 836400 -6200
December 2008 829000 -7400
January 2009 816600 -12400
February 2009 806800 -9800
March 2009 796700 -10100
April 2009 782100 -14600
May 2009 782400 300
June 2009 777000 -5400
July 2009 772400 -4600
August 2009 770800 -1600
September 2009 768800 -2000
October 2009 771100 2300
November 2009 775400 4300
December 2009 776000 600
January 2010 781200 5200
February 2010 784700 3500
March 2010 785300 600
April 2010 792500 7200
May 2010 795000 2500
June 2010 796800 1800
July 2010 798800 2000
August 2010 801400 2600
September 2010 802400 1000
October 2010 809000 6600
November 2010 810900 1900
December 2010 814300 3400
January 2011 816500 2200
February 2011 817100 600
March 2011 820400 3300
April 2011 822900 2500
May 2011 822300 -600
June 2011 823600 1300
July 2011 829100 5500
August 2011 831500 2400
September 2011 835300 3800
October 2011 836000 700
November 2011 837200 1200
December 2011 838600 1400
January 2012 847400 8800
February 2012 848600 1200
March 2012 853100 4500
April 2012 855600 2500
May 2012 858800 3200
June 2012 861700 2900
July 2012 861800 100
August 2012 865100 3300
September 2012 868400 3300
October 2012 865500 -2900
November 2012 869800 4300
December 2012 870400 600
January 2013 870900 500
February 2013 876300 5400
March 2013 877800 1500
April 2013 876800 -1000
May 2013 882500 5700
June 2013 885800 3300
July 2013 888000 2200
August 2013 892400 4400
September 2013 893400 1000
October 2013 898700 5300
November 2013 900200 1500
December 2013 905300 5100
January 2014 902200 -3100
February 2014 904700 2500
March 2014 907300 2600
April 2014 911100 3800
May 2014 914400 3300
June 2014 915600 1200
July 2014 913900 -1700
August 2014 915800 1900
September 2014 916900 1100
October 2014 916300 -600
November 2014 919100 2800
December 2014 919000 -100
January 2015 916300 -2700
February 2015 917200 900
March 2015 916800 -400
April 2015 922000 5200
May 2015 927100 5100
June 2015 925900 -1200
July 2015 930400 4500
August 2015 928300 -2100
September 2015 927400 -900
October 2015 931900 4500
November 2015 929800 -2100
December 2015 930200 400
January 2016 936200 6000
February 2016 934000 -2200
March 2016 934200 200
April 2016 933300 -900
May 2016 930700 -2600
June 2016 928600 -2100
July 2016 934000 5400
August 2016 934900 900
September 2016 940200 5300
October 2016 938400 -1800
November 2016 938200 -200
December 2016 936800 -1400
January 2017 938400 1600
February 2017 936300 -2100
March 2017 941500 5200
April 2017 944100 2600
May 2017 946600 2500
June 2017 947800 1200
July 2017 945500 -2300
August 2017 947200 1700
September 2017 948000 800
October 2017 948200 200
November 2017 949700 1500
December 2017 951700 2000
January 2018 948600 -3100
February 2018 952300 3700
March 2018 953400 1100
April 2018 946600 -6800
May 2018 947000 400
June 2018 948200 1200
July 2018 953200 5000
August 2018 954100 900
September 2018 957200 3100
October 2018 951200 -6000
November 2018 952700 1500
December 2018 949300 -3400
January 2019 948000 -1300
February 2019 948000 0
March 2019 946300 -1700
April 2019 953100 6800
May 2019 955700 2600
June 2019 959200 3500
July 2019 956200 -3000
August 2019 957100 900
September 2019 954700 -2400
October 2019 952200 -2500
November 2019 948800 -3400
December 2019 947600 -1200
January 2020 945500 -2100
February 2020 944500 -1000
March 2020 937000 -7500
April 2020 857400 -79600
May 2020 860000 2600
June 2020 866300 6300
July 2020 872300 6000
August 2020 879000 6700
September 2020 883200 4200
October 2020 894000 10800
November 2020 897100 3100
December 2020 904700 7600
January 2021 912800 8100
February 2021 916700 3900
March 2021 920700 4000
April 2021 919800 -900
May 2021 921500 1700
June 2021 919600 -1900
July 2021 923700 4100
August 2021 924300 600
September 2021 929700 5400
October 2021 941700 12000
November 2021 949200 7500
December 2021 954000 4800
January 2022 957800 3800
February 2022 962400 4600
March 2022 970900 8500
April 2022 973700 2800
May 2022 975900 2200
June 2022 978000 2100
July 2022 982400 4400
August 2022 981300 -1100
September 2022 984400 3100
October 2022 973400 -11000
November 2022 978200 4800
December 2022 973100 -5100
January 2023 973600 500
February 2023 970600 -3000