Cook, Illinois Payroll Employment for All 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 business establishments was 2,511,829. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 11,722.

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 Business Establishments
Cook, Illinois Number of Jobs Added to All Business Establishments
Cook, Illinois Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2010 2303952
February 2010 2304919 967
March 2010 2312799 7880
April 2010 2333573 20774
May 2010 2361287 27714
June 2010 2370476 9189
July 2010 2332358 -38118
August 2010 2342107 9749
September 2010 2354355 12248
October 2010 2371407 17052
November 2010 2378802 7395
December 2010 2380043 1241
January 2011 2322170 -57873
February 2011 2324063 1893
March 2011 2339718 15655
April 2011 2364010 24292
May 2011 2376145 12135
June 2011 2399105 22960
July 2011 2375021 -24084
August 2011 2387350 12329
September 2011 2402554 15204
October 2011 2407213 4659
November 2011 2415627 8414
December 2011 2413924 -1703
January 2012 2353631 -60293
February 2012 2354584 953
March 2012 2372784 18200
April 2012 2388130 15346
May 2012 2406319 18189
June 2012 2429149 22830
July 2012 2398696 -30453
August 2012 2414673 15977
September 2012 2428393 13720
October 2012 2432495 4102
November 2012 2444978 12483
December 2012 2443768 -1210
January 2013 2372640 -71128
February 2013 2378636 5996
March 2013 2393860 15224
April 2013 2405802 11942
May 2013 2429418 23616
June 2013 2453646 24228
July 2013 2423155 -30491
August 2013 2442543 19388
September 2013 2448693 6150
October 2013 2446602 -2091
November 2013 2457528 10926
December 2013 2464882 7354
January 2014 2403973 -60909
February 2014 2408047 4074
March 2014 2426465 18418
April 2014 2451461 24996
May 2014 2477441 25980
June 2014 2502922 25481
July 2014 2470460 -32462
August 2014 2482040 11580
September 2014 2486814 4774
October 2014 2496895 10081
November 2014 2503105 6210
December 2014 2511810 8705
January 2015 2463003 -48807
February 2015 2468033 5030
March 2015 2483098 15065
April 2015 2508835 25737
May 2015 2536551 27716
June 2015 2562220 25669
July 2015 2540956 -21264
August 2015 2545833 4877
September 2015 2549688 3855
October 2015 2566420 16732
November 2015 2569642 3222
December 2015 2578508 8866
January 2016 2509184 -69324
February 2016 2510982 1798
March 2016 2523683 12701
April 2016 2550184 26501
May 2016 2565220 15036
June 2016 2589344 24124
July 2016 2570686 -18658
August 2016 2581116 10430
September 2016 2579891 -1225
October 2016 2581585 1694
November 2016 2589773 8188
December 2016 2591421 1648
January 2017 2518634 -72787
February 2017 2525004 6370
March 2017 2543074 18070
April 2017 2553636 10562
May 2017 2576347 22711
June 2017 2599913 23566
July 2017 2572008 -27905
August 2017 2585037 13029
September 2017 2587611 2574
October 2017 2594441 6830
November 2017 2604146 9705
December 2017 2606439 2293
January 2018 2534254 -72185
February 2018 2539983 5729
March 2018 2566449 26466
April 2018 2569351 2902
May 2018 2594452 25101
June 2018 2625589 31137
July 2018 2599618 -25971
August 2018 2595278 -4340
September 2018 2613911 18633
October 2018 2616739 2828
November 2018 2631418 14679
December 2018 2627127 -4291
January 2019 2557301 -69826
February 2019 2557610 309
March 2019 2577090 19480
April 2019 2591238 14148
May 2019 2615788 24550
June 2019 2645203 29415
July 2019 2612751 -32452
August 2019 2611083 -1668
September 2019 2624864 13781
October 2019 2630532 5668
November 2019 2642899 12367
December 2019 2643484 585
January 2020 2577975 -65509
February 2020 2580795 2820
March 2020 2566786 -14009
April 2020 2227241 -339545
May 2020 2237792 10551
June 2020 2299479 61687
July 2020 2319610 20131
August 2020 2333718 14108
September 2020 2372031 38313
October 2020 2392961 20930
November 2020 2380459 -12502
December 2020 2378718 -1741
February 2021 2325305 -53413
March 2021 2342773 17468
April 2021 2366344 23571
May 2021 2392679 26335
June 2021 2401245 8566
July 2021 2439826 38581
August 2021 2432176 -7650
September 2021 2425160 -7016
October 2021 2453933 28773
November 2021 2483784 29851
December 2021 2500107 16323
January 2022 2511829 11722