Plainfield, IL Unemployment Rate Report

Plainfield, IL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Plainfield, Illinois has ranged from 2.1% in December 2019 to 16.5% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Plainfield is 3.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Plainfield, IL Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Plainfield, IL Current Unemployment - 3.9%

Plainfield, IL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2022	2.9%	9.7%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.8%	9.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.6%	9.0%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.6%	8.3%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.0%	8.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.6%	9.4%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.7%	9.6%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.9%	9.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2021	6.4%	10.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.0%	9.9%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.0%	9.5%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.3%	9.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.6%	9.3%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.5%	10.2%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.5%	10.4%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.0%	10.3%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.5%	9.8%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.3%	9.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.9%	9.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.6%	9.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2020	2.9%	12.2%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.7%	11.9%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.7%	11.5%	4.4%
4 / 2020	16.5%	10.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.8%	10.1%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.6%	10.4%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.8%	10.6%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.4%	10.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.6%	9.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.9%	9.3%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.1%	9.4%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.5%	9.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2019	3.4%	8.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.2%	9.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.8%	9.8%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.0%	9.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.8%	9.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.5%	10.7%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.6%	10.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.8%	10.6%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.6%	10.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.5%	10.6%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.2%	10.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.1%	11.0%	3.5%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2018	4.3%	6.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.6%	5.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.3%	5.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.8%	5.2%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.7%	6.0%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.8%	6.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.5%	6.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.1%	6.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.8%	6.2%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.2%	6.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.9%	6.6%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.7%	7.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2017	4.5%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.3%	5.2%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.8%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.6%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.6%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.5%	5.2%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.3%	5.3%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.3%	5.1%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.7%	4.9%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.9%	4.8%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.9%	4.8%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.6%	5.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2016	5.2%	5.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.1%	5.4%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.8%	4.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.8%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.4%	4.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.1%	4.7%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.8%	4.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.6%	4.5%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.6%	4.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.9%	3.6%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.4%	3.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.1%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2015	5.5%	6.4%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.2%	6.6%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.7%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.7%	5.7%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.0%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.6%	6.0%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.5%	5.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.1%	5.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.5%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.7%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.7%	5.2%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.6%	5.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2014	7.9%	7.0%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.1%	6.8%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.3%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.4%	6.0%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.6%	6.0%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.2%	6.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.1%	6.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.4%	6.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.9%	5.7%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.6%	5.8%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.4%	5.8%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.2%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2013	9.1%	7.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.7%	7.1%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.2%	6.9%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.0%	6.3%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.3%	6.4%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.5%	7.5%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.3%	7.1%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.6%	7.0%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.9%	6.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.0%	6.3%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.5%	6.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.2%	6.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2012	8.8%	7.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	8.8%	6.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.1%	6.7%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.7%	6.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.3%	6.3%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.2%	7.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.2%	6.9%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.3%	6.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.8%	5.9%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.1%	6.1%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.7%	6.3%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.9%	6.4%	7.9%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2011	9.4%	5.4%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.6%	5.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.9%	5.4%	9.0%
4 / 2011	8.8%	5.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.1%	4.7%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.5%	5.4%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.6%	5.2%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.3%	5.4%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.3%	5.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.0%	5.3%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.3%	5.7%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.5%	6.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2010	10.4%	4.7%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.3%	4.8%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.0%	4.6%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.7%	4.0%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.1%	4.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.4%	4.5%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.6%	4.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.1%	4.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.3%	4.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.0%	3.8%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.7%	4.2%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.5%	4.4%	9.3%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2009	7.4%	4.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.3%	4.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	8.6%	4.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.7%	4.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.1%	4.1%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.2%	4.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.3%	4.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.0%	4.5%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.1%	4.2%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.3%	4.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.9%	4.0%	9.9%
12 / 2009	9.5%	4.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2008	5.0%	5.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.9%	5.1%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.9%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.6%	3.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.1%	3.9%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.0%	4.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.9%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.7%	4.4%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.1%	4.3%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.1%	4.2%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.5%	4.1%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.4%	4.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2007	4.2%	5.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.4%	5.6%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.6%	5.3%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.9%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.8%	4.3%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.7%	4.8%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.6%	4.6%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.0%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.7%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.6%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.6%	4.3%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.1%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2006	3.9%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.0%	5.9%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.5%	5.6%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.6%	5.3%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.3%	5.4%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.1%	5.5%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.1%	5.6%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.8%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.2%	4.8%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.8%	4.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.1%	4.6%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.5%	4.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2005	5.1%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.4%	5.5%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.9%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.8%	5.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.7%	5.1%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.6%	5.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.0%	5.3%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.5%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.1%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.8%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.7%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.8%	5.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2004	5.1%	7.6%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.0%	7.3%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.0%	6.8%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.5%	6.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.5%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.1%	5.8%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.9%	5.8%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.8%	5.5%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.5%	5.0%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.6%	5.0%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.8%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.6%	4.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2003	5.9%	8.5%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.9%	8.5%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.6%	8.1%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.0%	7.7%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.1%	7.7%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.5%	8.1%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.0%	7.6%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.7%	7.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.0%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.7%	6.7%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.8%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.6%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2002	5.9%	9.3%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.7%	9.4%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.5%	8.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.7%	8.0%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.7%	8.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.6%	8.6%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.3%	8.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.8%	7.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.0%	6.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.9%	6.3%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.2%	6.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.3%	7.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2001	5.0%	7.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.1%	7.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.1%	7.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.8%	6.5%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.5%	6.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.5%	7.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.3%	7.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.3%	7.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.8%	7.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.1%	7.2%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.4%	7.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.4%	8.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	Plainfield, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2000	4.4%	6.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.5%	6.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.1%	6.3%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.8%	6.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.0%	5.7%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.8%	5.9%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.7%	6.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.6%	6.3%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.8%	6.1%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.6%	5.9%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.2%	5.8%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.3%	6.2%	3.9%