SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Peoria metro area’s unemployment rate was 3.8 percent May, down from 4.6 percent in May, 2024.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports the unemployment rate decreased in all 12 metro areas for the year ending May 2025.
The Peoria metro area includes Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford, Marshall and Stark Counties.
The City of Peoria’s jobless rate was 4.5 percent in May, down from 5.5 percent in May of last year. Unemployment in the City of Pekin was 4.0 percent, down from 4.5 percent a year ago.
The Peoria metro area showed employment increases in the Private Education-Health Services, Mining-Construction and Financial Activities sectors. Payroll employment decreased in Professional-Business Services, Manufacturing, Leisure-Hospitality, Other Services, Retail Trade, Transportation-Warehousing-Utilities and Government.
“With every metro area experiencing a year-over-year decrease in their unemployment rates, coupled with significant consecutive months of payroll jobs gains in four of our areas across the state, the Illinois economy continues to showcase stability and resilience,” said Deputy Governor Andy Manar. “We remain committed to ensuring vital investments in workforce development opportunities that encourage and create new and growing economic activity across the state.”
Total non-farm jobs increased in four metropolitan areas, leading to consecutive months with year-over-year growth: Champaign (four consecutive months), Chicago (11 consecutive months), Elgin (9 consecutive months) and Springfield (19 consecutive months).
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