Cook, Illinois Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Updated on January 9, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in January 2022, the number of payroll employment in Cook, Illinois for all private business establishments was 2,230,736. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 9,253.

Interact with the first chart below to see the number of payroll employment, and with the second chart to see the number of jobs added from January 2010 to January 2022. This information can also be found in the table below.

You can see similar information for different types of businesses establishments and industries.

You can see similar information for other Illinois counties, and for Illinois.

Cook, Illinois Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Cook, Illinois Number of Jobs Added to All Private Business Establishments
Cook, Illinois Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2010 1997744
February 2010 1995631 -2113
March 2010 2004187 8556
April 2010 2024070 19883
May 2010 2040571 16501
June 2010 2056148 15577
July 2010 2047263 -8885
August 2010 2057546 10283
September 2010 2055340 -2206
October 2010 2068497 13157
November 2010 2075881 7384
December 2010 2080096 4215
January 2011 2024057 -56039
February 2011 2022721 -1336
March 2011 2037662 14941
April 2011 2061264 23602
May 2011 2072524 11260
June 2011 2096025 23501
July 2011 2095444 -581
August 2011 2106104 10660
September 2011 2105101 -1003
October 2011 2108574 3473
November 2011 2115004 6430
December 2011 2115923 919
January 2012 2058920 -57003
February 2012 2056839 -2081
March 2012 2073365 16526
April 2012 2088562 15197
May 2012 2105890 17328
June 2012 2130290 24400
July 2012 2124208 -6082
August 2012 2134600 10392
September 2012 2131655 -2945
October 2012 2134863 3208
November 2012 2146838 11975
December 2012 2146826 -12
January 2013 2079642 -67184
February 2013 2081986 2344
March 2013 2095894 13908
April 2013 2108252 12358
May 2013 2130576 22324
June 2013 2152005 21429
July 2013 2148684 -3321
August 2013 2159500 10816
September 2013 2152709 -6791
October 2013 2154284 1575
November 2013 2163005 8721
December 2013 2169406 6401
January 2014 2115387 -54019
February 2014 2116929 1542
March 2014 2133345 16416
April 2014 2157825 24480
May 2014 2181376 23551
June 2014 2203964 22588
July 2014 2196096 -7868
August 2014 2202857 6761
September 2014 2192744 -10113
October 2014 2202528 9784
November 2014 2208549 6021
December 2014 2215358 6809
January 2015 2170949 -44409
February 2015 2173762 2813
March 2015 2188109 14347
April 2015 2212330 24221
May 2015 2238654 26324
June 2015 2260894 22240
July 2015 2262861 1967
August 2015 2263444 583
September 2015 2254364 -9080
October 2015 2268556 14192
November 2015 2273875 5319
December 2015 2279460 5585
January 2016 2216765 -62695
February 2016 2217216 451
March 2016 2227663 10447
April 2016 2255318 27655
May 2016 2268933 13615
June 2016 2288178 19245
July 2016 2291760 3582
August 2016 2294198 2438
September 2016 2282155 -12043
October 2016 2288987 6832
November 2016 2295577 6590
December 2016 2290049 -5528
January 2017 2230002 -60047
February 2017 2233523 3521
March 2017 2249808 16285
April 2017 2261429 11621
May 2017 2282283 20854
June 2017 2301136 18853
July 2017 2298472 -2664
August 2017 2303426 4954
September 2017 2292096 -11330
October 2017 2303772 11676
November 2017 2311972 8200
December 2017 2312995 1023
January 2018 2247252 -65743
February 2018 2250755 3503
March 2018 2273631 22876
April 2018 2278377 4746
May 2018 2300579 22202
June 2018 2326942 26363
July 2018 2327054 112
August 2018 2331294 4240
September 2018 2317662 -13632
October 2018 2324703 7041
November 2018 2336487 11784
December 2018 2333144 -3343
January 2019 2268613 -64531
February 2019 2267117 -1496
March 2019 2283692 16575
April 2019 2299094 15402
May 2019 2320443 21349
June 2019 2346765 26322
July 2019 2341190 -5575
August 2019 2345003 3813
September 2019 2329083 -15920
October 2019 2336280 7197
November 2019 2347113 10833
December 2019 2348899 1786
January 2020 2284487 -64412
February 2020 2285223 736
March 2020 2268718 -16505
April 2020 1944431 -324287
May 2020 1960126 15695
June 2020 2025730 65604
July 2020 2064900 39170
August 2020 2085505 20605
September 2020 2088283 2778
October 2020 2114037 25754
November 2020 2103403 -10634
December 2020 2102367 -1036
February 2021 2055460 -46907
March 2021 2069549 14089
April 2021 2091629 22080
May 2021 2114350 22721
June 2021 2122883 8533
July 2021 2158519 35636
August 2021 2171378 12859
September 2021 2174451 3073
October 2021 2170146 -4305
November 2021 2203797 33651
December 2021 2221483 17686
January 2022 2230736 9253