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Southwestern Illinois has a highly skilled, well-educated and motivated workforce. For the civilian employed population age 16 and over in this area, it is estimated that they are employed in the following occupational categories:

13.2% are in "Management, Business, and Financial Operations" - 17.4% are in "Professional and Related Occupations" - 13.4% are in "Service", and 29.8% and in "Sales and Office"

EDUCATION LEVEL OF WORKFORCE

6.8% of the population have earned a Master's, Professional, or Doctorate Degree and 13.5% had earned a Bachelor's Degree

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MAY 2007 AVERAGE MADISON COUNTY EMPLOYMENT

Total Labor Force

141,718

Total Employment

134,882

Total Unemployment

   6,836

Unemployment Rate

     4.8%

 

WHERE MADISON COUNTY RESIDENTS WORK

In Madison County

75,494*

Outside the County

12,858*

Outside the State

33,500*

 

MADISON COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT

 


Madison
County1


SMSA
MO & IL2


IL1


USA2

   


Madison County1


SMSA
MO &
IL2


IL1


USA2

1990

6.8

5.9

6.2

5.6

Jan

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.0

1991

8.0

6.8

7.2

6.8

Feb

6.4

5.7

5.3

4.9

1992

8.1

6.2

7.6

7.5

Mar

5.5

5.0

4.5

4.5

1993

7.8

6.2

7.5

6.9

Apr

4.8
     

1994

5.5

4.1

5.7

6.1

May

      4.8

     

1995

5.7

4.5

5.2

5.6

Jun

    5.1      

1996

5.6

4.2

5.3

5.4

Jul

    5.3      

1997

4.8

4.0

4.7

4.9

Aug

    5.6      

1998

4.8

4.3

4.5

4.5

Sep

    5.3

     

1999

4.4

3.5

4.3

4.2

Oct

    5.2      

2000

4.8

5.1

4.3

4.0

Nov

       

2001

5.7

5.7

5.4

4.7

Dec

       

2002

6.0

5.3

6.5

5.8

         

2003

6.2

6.0

6.5

6.0

         

2004

6.2

6.4

6.2

5.5

         

2005

5.4

5.6

5.7

5.1

         

2006

4.9

5.0

4.5

4.6

         

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