SPRINGFIELD-- The Illinois unemployment rate held steady in October.
State Department of Unemployment Security Spokesperson Greg Rivara says although the jobless rate remained at 8.8%, about 48-hundred jobs were added in Illinois last month…
“Putting those numbers into context… October this year has 38,000 more jobs than last October, when the unemployment rate was significantly higher, at 10%.”
Job sectors with the most growth in October include education and health services as well as leisure and hospitality.
